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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Skin Cancer: Multicomponent Community-Wide Interventions

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: April 2012

Workgroups: Cancer Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends multicomponent community-wide interventions to prevent skin cancer by increasing sun-protective behaviors. These interventions combine strategies directed by individuals, mass media campaigns, and environmental and policy changes. CPSTF found that the interventions increase sunscreen use and may reduce sunburns.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of students in grades 9 through 12 who report sunburn — C‑10
Getting worse

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2012). Skin Cancer: Multicomponent Community-Wide Interventions. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/skin-cancer-multicomponent-community-wide-interventions