Sun safety at schools
Schools are a key place for skin cancer prevention activities to occur for a number of reasons. Schools have opportunity for
- policy development
- environmental change
- education learning activity and
- influence on personal sun protection behaviours.
Schools are also where the majority of children and young people between the ages of 5-17 years are located for the majority of peak ultraviolet radiation hours, during the majority of the year.
Schools, as a setting for preventing skin cancer, are also important due to the fact that 80% of skin damage occurs in the first 20 years of life (NHMRC, 1997).
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