Perceptions of melanoma risk among Australian adolescents: barriers to sun protection and recommendations for improvement.

Conclusions: Despite young Australians' adequate knowledge of melanoma and related health recommendations, poor adherence continues to place young people at risk. Study findings suggest that social media interventions developed to influence behaviour change, are not necessarily preferred by adolescents. PMID: 24962426 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962426?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - June 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: McLoone JK, Meiser B, Karatas J, Sousa MS, Zilliacus E, Kasparian NA Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research