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DIDIER, Flávia Barreto Campello Walter; BRUM, Lucimar Filot da Silva  e  AERTS, Denise Rangel Ganzo de Castro. Habits of sun exposure and sunscreen use among university students from Teresina, Piauí State, Brazil. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.3, pp.487-496. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to investigate sun exposure and sunscreen use habits among university students in Teresina-PI. METHOD: cross-sectional study with a representative sample. Associations between demographic characteristics and sun exposure and sunscreen use habits were investigated. RESULTS:398 students were interviewed. 54.8% reported exposing themselves to the sun less than 2 hours daily. The majority (66.8%) preferred times when radiation is less intense. 45.2% reported sunscreen use as a daily habit and 82.4% reported its use in voluntary sun exposure. T-shirt use was another form of photoprotection reported (44.2%) and 29.9% of students had received some professional guidance on photoprotection. Females reported daily and voluntary exposure sunscreen use (p <0.001) more often than males. CONCLUSION: most students referred preferring exposure to the sun at times when radiation intensity is low, using sunscreen and other sun protection measures during voluntary sun exposure.

Palavras-chave : Solar Radiation; Sunscreening Agents; Habits; Healthy Behavior; Cross-Sectional Studies.

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