Translation of District Sun Safe Policies to Schools

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sun Safe Schools; Sun Safety; Prevention of Skin Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT03243929
• Lead Sponsor: Claremont Graduate University

Brief Summary

The purpose of the Translation of District Sun Safe Policies to Schools study was to test whether schools need assistance to facilitate the implementation of school district board-approved sun safety policies by individual elementary schools. The intervention is expected to produce a change in practices at the school level and to improve the sun safety behavior of children attending the intervention schools compared to control schools. A group of 40 school districts in Southern California that adopted board policy 5141.7 for sun safety provided 118 schools that were randomized to a intervention condition or to an attention control condition. The primary outcome is change in school-level sun safety practices based on 10 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) categories for policy change (i.e., sunscreen use, UV protective clothing, hats, student education, teacher education, provision of shade, scheduling to avoid peak UV exposure, parent outreach, resource allocation for sun safety, and an accountability system). This primary outcome was assessed by a survey of the principal and one teacher at each school (N=118 principals and 113 teachers at pretest). Parents (N=1770 at pretest) of children attending the schools completed a self-report measure assessing the secondary outcomes of change in individual-level sun safety behavior of their elementary school aged children and number of communications received from the school regarding sun safety. Assessment of principals, teachers and parents occurred at pretest, just prior to randomization, and at a posttest 20-months after the pretest. One Parent Teacher Association (PTA) representative per school was contacted to assess PTA involvement in intervention activities related to sun safety.

The primary hypothesis was stated for the effectiveness of the intervention condition at increasing school-level sun safety practices consistent with the sun safety policies of the school districts and read, H1: At follow-up, a greater percentage of schools in the intervention condition will implement at least one component of the school district sun safety policy compared to schools randomized to the attention-control condition.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-01-13
• Study First Submitted: 2017-08-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-08
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-09
• Primary Completion: 2018-03-21
• Study Completion: 2018-04-10
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 118

Inclusion Criteria

• School districts in California with school Board Policy 5141.7 available online, and with at least one elementary school.

Exclusion Criteria

• Schools Districts that do not have school Board Policy 5141.7 online, or do not have any elementary schools

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure of implementation of sun safety practices and policy at schools	20 Months	Change in implementation of sun safety policy after intervention, through survey administration

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Students sun protection behavior	20 Months	Change in sun safety behaviors after intervention, through survey administration

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Claremont Graduate University; 🇺🇸 Claremont, California, United States