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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of university students related to sun protectionYeşim Kaymak1, Ömer Faruk Tekbaş2, Işıl Şimşek31Medical Health Center, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey2Department Of Public Health, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey 3Faculty Of Vocational Education, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey Summary: Backgorund and Design: Epidemiologic studies have shown that sun light are the most common environmental factor responsible for the development of cutaneous melanoma, other skin cancers and many other skin diseases. Aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of university students related to sun protection. MATERIALS-METHODS: The study was composed of 62 men and 117 women making a total of 179 university students. Subjects were requested to respond to a questionnarie composed of multiple response answers and fill in the blank questiones which was formed by contribution of specialists and literature. Resuts: Most common sources for knowledge about effects of UV light were TV/internet (69.8%), press (52.0%), school (34.1%), family (24.6%) and friends (22.9%), respectively. Subjects responded truly most commonly to vit D synthesis (82.7%), and least to effects on vision (15.6%) as beneficial effects of UV light. Subjects responded truely most commonly to pigmentation (84.9%) and least to allergic reactions (11.7%) as hazardous effects of UV light. Sex and age had no effect on the responses to questions related to knowledge. One hundred nineteen (66.5%) subjects declared tendency to protection against sun, 50 (27.9%) subjects used sun protective agents and 81(45.3%) avoid exposure to sun at dangerous hours (10.00-16.00). CONCLUSION: Results of this study indicate that attitudes and behaviours of university students related to sun protection were not sufficient. Keywords: Sun protection, sun protective agents, university studentsÜniversite öğrencilerinin güneşten korunma ile ilgili bilgi tutum ve davranışlarıYeşim Kaymak1, Ömer Faruk Tekbaş2, Işıl Şimşek31Gazi Üniversitesi Mediko Sosyal Sağlık Merkezi, Ankara2Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı, Ankara 3Gazi Üniversitesi Mesleki Eğitim Fakültesi, Ankara, Türkiye AMAÇ: Epidemiyolojik çalışmalar, güneş ışınlarının kutanöz melanoma, diğer deri kanserleri ve birçok deri hastalığının gelişiminden sorumlu en önemli çevresel faktör olduğunu göstermektedir. Çalışmamızın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin güneşten korunma ve güneş koruyucular hakkında bilgi, tutum ve davranışlarının belirlenmesidir. Yeşim Kaymak, Ömer Faruk Tekbaş, Işıl Şimşek. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of university students related to sun protection. . 2007; 41(3): 81-85 Corresponding Author: Yeşim Kaymak, Türkiye |
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