Sun Protection and Survivors

Children of melanoma survivors are rarely studied despite their known increase in risk for melanoma. In this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, investigators measured the impact of an educational sun-protection intervention aimed at melanoma survivors and their children.

A total of 340 melanoma survivors with a child 12 years old or younger were randomized to receive standard educational materials available to the general public or targeted materials. Targeted materials included children's activity booklets and a DVD and booklets containing research findings in melanoma survivors and their families, as well as content designed to improve survivors' sense of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and intentions related to sun protection…