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• TITLE: Adolescents’ Perception about Photoprotection Measures for the Prevention of Skin Cancer

  AUTHORS: Carla Sola Deponte, Eloísa Müller Antigo, Isadora Silveira Rossetto, Caio Sola Deponte, Marcelo Valentim Mansano, Sandra Maria Braz Sola Deponte, Ieda Francischetti

  KEYWORDS: Educational and Dissemination Materials, Health Education, School Health Services, Prevention of Diseases, Skin Neoplasms, Continuing Education

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.12 No.12, December 31, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: The prevention of skin cancer must be carried out from childhood, requiring educational actions to promote healthy habits. Goals: Toanalyze influencing elements in photoprotective attitudes and to develop photoeducational material for children and adolescents. Method: This was asemi- experimental, qualitative study of educational intervention on photoprotection, applied to 32 students from the eighth grade of primary school. Sociodemographic and phenotypic data related to risk for skin cancer and factors that influence the practice of preventive attitudes was analyzed. Results: Theanalysis showed the need for a differentiated approach to adolescents, including regarding issues such as acne, refractive errors in vision, vitamin D and tanculture. Conclusion: The results gave rise to an educational material thatsynthesizes photoprotection measures and encourages the practice of photoprotective attitudes.