 |
|
Sun Protection in NewbornsA Comparison of Educational Methods
Jean L. Bolognia, MD;
Marianne Berwick, PhD;
Judith A. Fine;
Pamela Simpson, MPH;
Marjorie Jasmin, RN
Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(10):1125-1129.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings. |
|
|
|
• We investigated the effect of education on the sun exposure of newborns. Mothers of healthy newborns (n = 275) were enrolled in the spring of 1989 and interviewed by telephone in the fall of 1989. The mothers were divided into a control group, a low-level intervention group, and a high-level intervention group. Both the low-level and high-level interventions succeeded in reducing the amount of time the newborns were allowed to spend in direct sunlight. Both types of intervention also resulted in reduced sun exposure time for the mothers. Although the number of mothers who used sunscreen was approximately the same in all three groups, when sunscreen use was controlled for, the intervention groups spent significantly less unprotected time in the sun than the control group. The mothers and newborns in both intervention groups simply spent less time outdoors.
(AJDC. 1991;145:1125-1129)
Denouement and Discussion
Thorn-Induced Pseudotumor of the Tibia
. . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Dermatology (Drs Bolognia and Berwick) and Epidemiology and Public Health (Dr Berwick and Ms Simpson), and the Cancer Prevention Research Unit for Connecticut at Yale (Mss Fine and Jasmin), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication January 15, 1991.
Reprint requests to the Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510 (Dr Bolognia).
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
|
