Journal
JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 673-678Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-015-0882-4
Keywords
Health beliefs; Internet; Skin cancer prevention; Health behaviors
Funding
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health) [R25-CA081137]
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This study aimed (i) to determine whether people could be differentiated on the basis of their sun protection belief profiles and individual characteristics and (ii) explore the use of a crowdsourcing web service for the assessment of sun protection beliefs. A sample of 500 adults completed an online survey of sun protection belief items using Amazon Mechanical Turk. A two-phased cluster analysis (i.e., hierarchical and non-hierarchical K-means) was utilized to determine clusters of sun protection barriers and facilitators. Results yielded three distinct clusters of sun protection barriers and three distinct clusters of sun protection facilitators. Significant associations between gender, age, sun sensitivity, and cluster membership were identified. Results also showed an association between barrier and facilitator cluster membership. The results of this study provided a potential alternative approach to developing future sun protection promotion initiatives in the population. Findings add to our knowledge regarding individuals who support, oppose, or are ambivalent toward sun protection and inform intervention research by identifying distinct subtypes that may best benefit from (or have a higher need for) skin cancer prevention efforts.
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