Indoor Tanning Practices of Colorado High School Students

Chante Karimkhani; Yuri T Jadotte; Cate Townley; Nicole Collins; Robert P Dellavalle

doi:10.1111/pde.12598

Indoor Tanning Practices of Colorado High School Students

Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;32(4):e169-70. doi: 10.1111/pde.12598. Epub 2015 Apr 20.

Authors

Chante Karimkhani¹, Yuri T Jadotte^{2

3

4}, Cate Townley⁵, Nicole Collins⁵, Robert P Dellavalle^{6

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
² Division of Science, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
³ Department of Quantitative Methods, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
⁴ Northeast Institute for Evidence Synthesis and Translation, A Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
⁵ Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
⁷ Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, Denver Veterans Administration Hospital, Aurora, Colorado.

PMID: 25894576
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12598

Abstract

For the first time, the 2013 Colorado Youth Risk Behavior Survey assessed indoor tanning practices of Colorado high school students. The survey revealed that girls are more likely to use indoor tanning devices than boys and that the majority of students who tan do so once or twice annually. Health care professionals and policymakers should focus on these groups in efforts to curtail indoor tanning and the associated risk of skin cancer in youth.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior / psychology*
Beauty Culture
Colorado
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Behavior*
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / prevention & control*
Risk Assessment
Schools
Sex Factors
Skin Neoplasms / etiology
Skin Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Ultraviolet Rays / adverse effects*