Effectiveness of Public Health Strategies for Skin Cancer Prevention in Australia

Running head: LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review

LITERATURE REVIEW 2
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this literature review is to assess the effectiveness of public health
strategies for the prevention of skin cancer in Australia.
Design: Systematic review
Review method: A wider and systematic search to assess the effectiveness of public health
strategies for the prevention of skin cancer in Australia. Peer-reviewed articles were gathered
from 2014-2019 in Australia country that was addressed in the USC library as well as searches
the database that involves Sage publication and Willey online.
Results: Only one out of 15 searched peer-reviewed articles have relied on non-probability
sampling method, four were with mixed research design as well as rest of article are related to
randomly chose respondents with post and pre-questionnaire survey.
Implication:
The outcome of the literature review could be implemented as guidance for future investigation
in terms of preventing skin care by using public health strategies.
Conclusion:
The investigation in the review is related to peer-reviews as well as obtained sound results from
the investigation design. But, all the investigations are not demonstrating the feasible outcomes
due to limitations on response and data. Therefore, addressing the gaps in the effectiveness of
public health strategies, some suggestion is offered for effective outcomes.
Keywords: public health strategies, prevention of skin cancer, skin cancer, children, and
adolescent.

LITERATURE REVIEW 3
Table of Contents
Abstract.......................................................................................................................................................2
Background of the Health Topic..................................................................................................................4
Results:........................................................................................................................................................5
Discussion:..................................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion:.................................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................9
Appendix...................................................................................................................................................11
Appendix 1: Sanity table.......................................................................................................................11
Appendix 2: Search String.....................................................................................................................18

LITERATURE REVIEW 4
Background of the Health Topic
In current times, one in every three cancers is diagnosed as skin cancer. Australia is reported for
having the high age-standardized incidence rate related to melanoma of the skin. Specifically,
individually considered with high risk those have a family history of skin cancer along with,
lighter skin tone times are more likely for creating the melanoma and non-melanoma of skin as
compared to African-Americans [1]. In addition, infrequent exposure related to ultraviolet in
sunlight also causes sunburn and it is linked with the development of melanoma.
Methodology
I would use critical literature review methodology by using the systematic procedure with 6 steps
as it would aid in conducting the search strategies, evaluating either there is the availability of
risk or not, during the extraction of information and synthesis as well as assessing the articles
selected for literature review.
Step 1
The literature review question was developed through PICO concept.
What is the effectiveness of public health strategies for the prevention of skin cancer in
Australia?
Step 2
In order to address the appropriate articles for this investigation, I go through the USC library
databases at initial level after that I used to library guide developed by public health and
Promotion of health. After that, I will click to go to the page where I select the websites and went
to official websites for background data. For the literature review, I develop the search string
with keywords as given below:
“Public health strategies for prevention of skin cancer in Australia”
Then these keywords were entered into a different database such as Google scholars and Willey
library. USC found 1769 results so, after narrowing down to search keywords.
“Effectiveness of health strategies for prevention of skin cancer in Australia” It found
50,400 kinds of literature and finally I narrowed search keywords as given below.
“Role of health strategies for prevention of skin cancer in Australia” got 17 results and
included 17 journals that meet the inclusion criteria in the plan of literature review.
Step 3
Inclusion and Exclusion criteria