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Cancer Causes & Control
Published in: Cancer Causes & Control 2/2006

01-03-2006 | Original Paper

Postal Workers’ Occupational and Leisure-time Sun Safety Behaviors (United States)

Authors: Elizabeth C. Lewis, Joni A. Mayer, Donald Slymen

Published in: Cancer Causes & Control | Issue 2/2006

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Abstract

Objectives United States Postal Service letter carriers are exposed to long bouts of UVR and thus are vulnerable to skin cancer. While previous studies have shown that occupational sun protection is often deficient, few studies have examined outdoor workers’ behavior during leisure time.
Methods Subjects (n = 2,660) self-reported widebrim hat and sunscreen use over the past five workdays and past two non-working days using Likert-type scales. Generalized linear mixed models and generalized estimating equations were used to compare hat and sunscreen rates and predictors during occupational and leisure time.
Results On average, carriers spent 3.9 h outside during workdays and 3.3 h during non-working days. Sunscreen and widebrim hat use during the workday is low and rates of use are significantly lower during non-working days.
Conclusions Sun safety interventions for carriers should encourage sun protection at all times when outdoors.
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Metadata
Title
Postal Workers’ Occupational and Leisure-time Sun Safety Behaviors (United States)
Authors
Elizabeth C. Lewis
Joni A. Mayer
Donald Slymen
Publication date
01-03-2006
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published in
Cancer Causes & Control / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-005-0482-4

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