TY - JOUR
T1 - Solarium use in Australia, recent trends and context
AU - Francis, Kate
AU - Dobbinson, Suzanne Jane
AU - Wakefield, Melanie A
AU - Girgis, Afaf
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Objectives:To describe the prevalence of solarium use among representative samples of Australian adolescents (12-17 years) and adults (18-69 years). Methods: In national surveys conducted in 2003/04 and 2006/07 using equivalent methods, n=1 1,509 Australian adolescents and adults self-reported their use of solaria. Results: In 2006/07 10.6 of adults had ever used a solarium, and use was most prevalent among women aged 18 to 24 (17.1 ) and 25 to 44 (20.7 ). Few adolescents (2.5 ) had ever used a solarium. The prevalence of past year use was much lower (0.6 of adolescents, 1.5 of adults) and there was a significant reduction among adults between surveys (OR=0.69, 95 01=0.52-0.94). Adults attitudes related to past year solarium use were preference for a suntan (OR=4.68, 95 01=2.48-8.85); perceived pro- tan attitudes of peers (OR=2.10, 95 01=1.17-3.77), belief that a suntan looks healthy (OR=1 .92, 95 01=1.09-3.39); and perceiving they have some risk of getting skin cancer (OR=1 .69, 95 01=1.03-2.78). Conclusions and implications: Although solarium use in Australia is relatively low, it is highest among young adult women. These data show encouraging downward trends in use, and provide a foundation for monitoring the impact of forthcoming regulatory changes to the solarium industry.
AB - Objectives:To describe the prevalence of solarium use among representative samples of Australian adolescents (12-17 years) and adults (18-69 years). Methods: In national surveys conducted in 2003/04 and 2006/07 using equivalent methods, n=1 1,509 Australian adolescents and adults self-reported their use of solaria. Results: In 2006/07 10.6 of adults had ever used a solarium, and use was most prevalent among women aged 18 to 24 (17.1 ) and 25 to 44 (20.7 ). Few adolescents (2.5 ) had ever used a solarium. The prevalence of past year use was much lower (0.6 of adolescents, 1.5 of adults) and there was a significant reduction among adults between surveys (OR=0.69, 95 01=0.52-0.94). Adults attitudes related to past year solarium use were preference for a suntan (OR=4.68, 95 01=2.48-8.85); perceived pro- tan attitudes of peers (OR=2.10, 95 01=1.17-3.77), belief that a suntan looks healthy (OR=1 .92, 95 01=1.09-3.39); and perceiving they have some risk of getting skin cancer (OR=1 .69, 95 01=1.03-2.78). Conclusions and implications: Although solarium use in Australia is relatively low, it is highest among young adult women. These data show encouraging downward trends in use, and provide a foundation for monitoring the impact of forthcoming regulatory changes to the solarium industry.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00578.x/pdf
U2 - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00578.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00578.x
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 427
EP - 430
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
SN - 1753-6405
IS - 4
ER -