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Skin Cancer Prevention: The Problem, Responses, and Lessons Learned

Corinne M. Graffunder, MPH

Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.; 4770 Buford Hwy NE., Mailstop K-57, Chamblee, GA 30341; phone: (770) 488-4621; fax: (770) 488-3230COM5{at}CDC.GOV

Stephen W. Wyatt, DDS, MPH

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

Barbara Bewerse, MN, MPH

Irene Hall, PhD

Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Barbara Reilley, PhD

Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine.

Rebeca Lee-Pethel, MPA

Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at Chamblee Facility, Atlanta, Georgia.

Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer and has rapidly increased during the past three decades in the United States. More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer are estimated to be diagnosed in the United States each year. The National Skin Cancer Prevention Education Program (NSCPEP) was launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1994 as a national effort to address the Healthy People 2000 objectives for skin cancer prevention. The NSCPEP is a comprehensive, multidimensional public health approach that includes (1) primary prevention interventions; (2) coalition and partnership development; (3) health communications and education; and (4) surveillance, research, and evaluation. In 1994, through support from the CDC, state health departments in Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, and Massachusetts initiated primary prevention intervention projects to conduct and evaluate skin cancer prevention education. This article discusses the comprehensive, multidimensional public health approach highlighting examples from the state demonstration projects.

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 26, No. 3, 308-316 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/109019819902600303
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