@mastersthesis{10336/12663,
author = {Charry Angel, Carlos},
year = {2016},
url = {http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/12663},
abstract = {Introduction: Skin cancer melanoma and non-melanoma incidence rate is a worldwide health problem. In recent years, increased incidence statistics of skin cancer is  attributed to factors such as, lifestyles, ageing population, environmental changes, and ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, among others. Moreover, increased physical activity without elements of photoprotection is driven by the lack of knowledge of the risks associated to UVR exposure, which is recognized as the major risk factor.
Objective: To assess the effects on students’ knowledge and behavior of a content-based learning intervention in photoprotection during the practice of physical activity in students of a public school in Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Methods: The Content-related learning intervention was applied to 281 students in year nine, ten and eleven of a public school in Bogotá. It was developed at the beginning and at the end of the research and there was not a controlled group. The students involved in the study were from unprivileged backgrounds (1-3) and a follow-up at 1, 3 and 6 months was evaluated after the initial learning intervention. The level of knowledge on photoprotection was measured through a questionnaire called Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) and the behavioral changes were recorded by Transtheoretical behavioral change model of Prochaska and Di Clemente. The study was conducted in the first semester of 2015 with Four 60-minute content-related learning sessions supported with audiovisual and pedagogical materials, according to the Guidelines for Educational Communication in cancer control framework published by the National Cancer Institute.
Results: The students involved in this research, 52.3% were male and the average age was 15.46 ± 1.2 years. The predominant skin type was swarthy with a value of 65.8% of the total of the students involved. The learning intervention produced significant changes in knowledge of photoprotection at the end of the monitoring (sixth months). As a way of preventing, the students reported having knowledge of how to examine their skin at baseline (12.5% n = 35), presenting a significant increase of 62.6% (n = 211) in the sixth month (p <0 05).
Conclusion: The study demonstrated the effectiveness of learning intervention by showing significant changes in knowledge and preventive behavior in photoprotection skin cancer during the practice of physical activity in students of a public school in Bogotá D.C., Colombia.},
organization = {Universidad del Rosario},
keywords = {Neoplasias cutáneas},
keywords = {Prevención},
keywords = {Factores de riesgo},
keywords = {Fotoprotección},
keywords = {Actividad Física},
title = {Efectos de una intervención educativa en los conocimientos y comportamientos relacionados con la fotoprotección durante la práctica de la actividad física en los estudiantes de un colegio público de Bogotá D.C., Colombia},
publisher = {Universidad del Rosario},
keywords = {Skin Neoplasms},
keywords = {Prevention},
keywords = {Risk Factors},
keywords = {Photoprotection},
keywords = {Physical Activity},
}