Adolescent knowledge of skin cancer and melanoma and reported solar protection behaviour

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This study of adolescent knowledge of skin cancer and melanoma and reported solar protection behaviour was administered by means of a survey questionnaire. The sample population consisted of a group of 50 Year 9 High School students, 25 of whom were male and 25 female, and 50 Year 12 students, 25 male and 25 female, a total of 100 students. This randomly selected purposive sample was drawn from a Hobart Matriculation College and one of its feeder High Schools, in an attempt to ensure that the students came from the same socioeconomic background. The questionnaire, administered to both educational establishments on the same day, provided data which was entered into the Apple Macintosh Computer and analyzed using the statistical programme, Stat View. This study is unique in its attempt to organise a currunulative index of an individual's risk potential for developing skin cancer and melanoma ( based on medical research findings), then organising each adolescent into 'high', 'medium'. or

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