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Shadow for All, a Citizenship Science Study to Promote the Prevention of Skin Cancer

NCT06145464 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-01-17

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Summary

The proposed project is a pilot study about the impact of different health literacy interventions, focused on preventing skin cancer, on the adhesion to protection strategies against ultraviolet (UV) radiation, observed in high school students, that will be implemented on Foz do Lizandro beach in the municipality of Mafra, Portugal. As a science project with citizenship and respecting the ethic principles of equity, inclusion and diversity, the study will involve the contribution and participation of institutional and community partners in diverse stages of the research study: design, field implementation, data collection and dissemination of results, as well as financial investment for the acquisition and installation of interventions on the beach, and recruitment of the target population.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Adhesion to the use of collective shadow

Quantitative evaluation of the use of shadow provided by one or two collective fabric devices, with 6 per 3 metres of size, containing 100% UV blocking filters, that will be installed in the sand on Foz do Lizandro beach, according to the recommendations provided in all groups of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

Adhesion to the use of sun protector

Quantitative evaluation of the use of sun protector according to the recommendations provided in all groups of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

Adhesion to the use of the information disposed in the infographic

Quantitative evaluation of the use of the information disposed in the infographic and provided in all groups of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

Adhesion to the health literacy sessions in the interventional groups

Provision of health literacy sessions about skin cancer prevention by two different types of providers in the two interventional groups, 15 days before the use of sun protective interventions implemented at the beach

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade do Porto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Magda Fonseca, Master · RD-Portugal (Rare Diseases-Portugal)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-01
Primary Completion
2024-08-31
Completion
2024-09-30

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