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Danger! Sun Overhead
Do you remember the Sun Smart campaign “SLIP, SLOP, SLAP.”? Were you from the Sun Smart campaign era “No Hat No Play”? Or was there no awareness around sun exposure in your early years to educate the dangers of sun exposure.
In 1981, when the SLIP SLOP SLAP campaign was released, we saw Sid the Seagull dance along to this jingle, with a lisp, on the television. The ad was one the most successful health By Hollie Faye campaigns in Australia. The campaign saw a reduction in the two most common causes of Skin Cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).
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However, the incidence of Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, had increased. Today, although Australians behaviours towards prevention of Skin Cancer has improved, Skin Cancer remains the most diagnosed cancer in Australia with Melanoma sitting at our 3 rd most fatal cancer.
In Qld alone, 54% adults and 49% children were still sunburnt from hazardous UV radiation according to the Health of Queenslanders report 2018.
Melanoma incidence in young people are decreasing due to Sun Prevention Behaviours and Researchers from Qld Inst Medical Research (QIMR) have found daily usage of sunscreen saw a reduction of Solar Keratoses, BCC’s and SCC’s. Therefor wearing sunscreen does reduce statistics of skin cancer.
Danger Sun Overhead (DSO) decided to do our own research around attendee’s behaviours towards prevention, when taken through the DSO program. All
workshop attendees complete an enrolment form where questions are asked about their behaviour toward sun safety before and after the DSO workshop. With this information, we collate their responses and provide a report to our clients which shows the impact our workshop has had on their employees thinking towards sun exposure.
Let us help you strengthen your Sun Safe Policies and behaviours. Book a DSO on-site workshop or enrol in our on-line education courses.
Below is an example from one of our recent workshops.
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