Abstract

RIZZATTI, Karoline; SCHNEIDER, Ione Jayce Ceola  and  D'ORSI, Eleonora. Epidemiologic profile of sun exposure in Florianópolis citizens. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.4, pp.459-469. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742011000400005.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the characteristics of exposure and sun protection measures in Florianopolis/SC. METHODOLOGY: it is a cross-sectional study with sun exposure data from the city of Florianópolis househould survey Risk Behavior and Reported Morbity of Diseases and Harm non-transmissibles. RESULTS: it was used simple frequencies and proportions with chi-squared test. For this module 851 people were interviewed, while 77.1% are exposed to the sun, more frequent among men, young, single andphysically active. Among the sun exposure protection factors used by the population exposed to the sun, sunscreen was the most used one (36,7% of women and 10,5% of men make use). CONCLUSION: high scholarity level was associated with the use of sunscreen. The obtained results can colaborate on the implementation of specific public policies for the most preventable risk factor on skin cancer carcinogenesis: the inadequate exposure to sun.

Keywords : skin neoplasm/prevention & control; skin neoplasm/etiology; sunlight/adverse effects; cross-sectional studies.

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