Sunscreen Use: Non-Hispanic Blacks Compared With Other Racial and/or Ethnic Groups
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Although up to 14% of non-Hispanic blacks (NHBs) experience sunburns, they rarely use sunscreen. 1,2Whitesare at least twice as likely to wear sunscreen than NHBs. 3,46][7] Given these differences, we sought to determine factors influencing sunscreen use in NHBs compared with other racial and ethnic groups. MethodsData from the dermatology section of the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 6 were examined.The 2 following questions were analyzed:(1) If after several months of not being in the sun you then went out in the sun without sunscreen or protective clothing for half an hour, which of the following would happen to your skin? and (2) When you go outside on a very sunny day for more than 1 hour, how often to you use sunscreen? 6Sex, ethnicity and/or race, age, annual income, and education were evaluated for their association with the dermatology survey answers.Weighted estimates of responses to each question and the subject characteristics were created using survey frequency and means procedures.Survey logistic regression procedures, assuming proportional odds, were fit to each question.When the proportional odds assumption was questionable, inferences were compared against those of the generalized logit model.A multivariable model for sunscreen use was fit using all univariable predictors.Interactions between each variable and ethnicity and/or race were
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Studies have consistently found low sunscreen use among non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians relative to White individuals.
“studies have consistently found low use of sunscreen among non-Hispanic Blacks [90–94], Hispanics [91, 92, 94], and Asians [94, 95] relative to White individuals.”
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- Authors
- Summers, P.
- Affiliations
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Summers, Pamela
- Venue
- Archives of Dermatology
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2011-07-01
- Volume
- 147
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 863
- ISSN
- 0003-987X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4112119
- OpenAlex
- W2046898813
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 9
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- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Archives of Dermatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- L'Oreal USA
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (P30AR039750)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › melanin and skin pigmentation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Keywords
- sunscreen use, non-Hispanic blacks, racial and ethnic differences, sunburn, skin cancer prevention, skin cancer risk perception, protective clothing, health disparities
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Educational Status, Female, Health Surveys, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sunscreening Agents, Black People, White People, Young Adult
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