Measuring the Impact of Free Sunscreen Dispensers in Community Settings Frequented by Youth
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 1,200
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Reported use of sunscreen from surveys completed by teens
研究概览
简要总结
This study will evaluate the use of publicly available free sunscreen dispensers at Maine beaches and Boston and Cambridge parks.
Aim 1: Determine the impact of DFS+ (dispensers, flyers, enhanced signage, + a social media component delivered by teen ambassadors) sun protection education on the use of free sunscreen dispensers by adolescents ages 12-20 compared with DFS (dispensers, flyers, standard signage).
Aim 2: Outcomes evaluation to assess the effects of the sunscreen dispensers and the sun-safety educational intervention on sun protection knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors within the community.
Aim 3: Cost Evaluation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
详细描述
The investigators will build on the pioneering work of IMPACT Melanoma which has provided free sunscreen dispensers to a general population. This study will build on IMPACT Melanoma's ability to install, maintain, and now for the first time, target and publicize the use of dispensers for a teen population. The investigators will test scalable methods for improving the use of free sunscreen dispensers by testing DFS interventions compared with the addition of social media led by teen ambassadors. The investigators will evaluate the impact of the intervention in both parks and beaches in Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA and Maine.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Teen survey participants will not know whether the park where the free sunscreen dispenser is located is an intervention or control site.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 20 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being a Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA or Maine youth ages 12-20
- •Able to complete a survey in English
排除标准
- •Not a Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA or Maine youth ages 12-20
- •Not able to complete a survey in English
结局指标
主要结局
Reported use of sunscreen from surveys completed by teens
时间窗: In real-time, up to 1 day
Survey responses about sunscreen use
Dispenser utilization/Measured reduction in sunscreen levels in dispensers
时间窗: In real-time, up to 1 day
The investigators will count of the number of teens between the ages of 12 and 20 using the sunscreen dispenser in real-time at the park or beach as they are using the dispenser. This will serve as the numerator. The investigators will also conduct observations to determine an estimated number of teens who are the park on a given day. This will serve as the denominator. This count will be in real-time, counting the number of teens who we observe at the park or beach where the study is taking place.
次要结局
- Sun prevention practices(In real-time, up to 1 day)
研究者
Alan Geller
Alan Geller, RN, MPH
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)