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An Appearance-Based Intervention to Reduce Teen Skin Cancer Risk

NCT01508013 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 443

Last updated 2016-06-02

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a skin cancer prevention website is effective at reduce female teenagers' desire to use indoor tanning and ultimately their use of indoor tanning over an 18 month period.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Appearance-Focused Website Intervention

The intervention is a teen-friendly website with information concerning the health and appearance effects of indoor tanning.

BEHAVIORAL

Control Website

The control website contains information about alcohol and drug abuse which is oriented for a teen audience.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • East Tennessee State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joel J Hillhouse, Ph.D. · East Tennessee State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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