Sun Safety and Skin Cancer: Minimizing the Risks with Sunscreen and Physical Barriers

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Sun Safety and Skin Cancer
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Introduction
Among the Caucasian population, the most common type of cancer diagnosed severally
is skin cancer in countries like New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, and Australia. Increased direct
exposure to excess sunlight intensifies the vulnerability of skin cancer. The main objective of
this report is to find out how we can minimize the effects of sunlight to causing skin cancer
among aged individuals of age 25 to 35 years of the Australian people. Eight relevant literature
samples were explored as the search mechanism to study this topic. The findings were, the
effectiveness of the sunblock when compared to the shading devices in
A brief Questionnaire to help analyze the sun safety and skin cancer diseases.
This questionnaire is aimed at studying the prevalence of the sun safety and skin cancer
disease in Australian people aged between 25 to 35 years old. To find out how the victims utilize
the sun safety mechanisms to help in controlling the skin cancer sickness. It will be our honor if
you could provide us with the honest responses regarding the questions that will be asked in this
form. This will help in elevating the research report so as to come up with the appropriate and
most preferred mechanisms that are long-term solution to control the spread of skin cancer
disease.
Answer with (YES and NO)
1. Are you an Australian adult between the age 25 and 35 years old?
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Kindly draw a straight line across the letters (a, b, c, or d) provided below each question.

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2. how frequent do you use the following sun safety approaches; Hats, sunscreen,
sunglasses, clothing to prevent the direct contact on the body skin and the sun?
answer with (rare or frequent) and specify which one.
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3. which kind of work do you do?
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4. do you work under shade when doing the job?
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5. have you ever suffered the skin cancer disease? If yes, for how long? Be specific
(i.e. one year, two years, two months etc.)
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6. which kind of clothes do you use to cover your body when working in a sunny
day?
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7. can you suggest the other method mentioned above that can be used for sun
safety?
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Thanks for your sincere responses.

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The search mechanism
The search mechanism was aimed at finding the relevant published articles that explain
the functions of the approaches of sun safety to prevent the risks of skin cancer. In conducting
the literature search, the following electronic database was used, CINAHL, PubMed, and
Medline. The command terms adopted were "AND" and "OR" which were used together for the
prolific retrieves and to obtain concrete results. The tool that was used to guide the retrieval is
population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO). Some of the search terms used are
defined in table 1 below.
Table 1. the components of the research question in PICO format, keywords and phrases, and
synonyms
Population Intervention Comparison Outcome