ReviewPreventive medicine reports2022
Digital interventions for promoting sun protection and skin self-examination behaviors: A systematic review.
Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social Media Potential and Impact on Changing Behaviors and Actions in Skin Health Promotion: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Dropout Rate in Digital Health Interventions for the Prevention of Skin Cancer: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Metaregression.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Digital Interventions to Modify Skin Cancer Risk Behaviors in a National Sample of Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Digital Educational Strategies to Teach Skin Self-examination to Individuals at Risk for Skin Cancer.Journal of health communication · 2022Trial
- The effect of social media-based education on skin cancer risk knowledge, skin self-examination and sun protection behaviours of women working in agriculture.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sun protection behaviors and knowledge of skin cancer and sun exposure among Emirati undergraduate students.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Patients With Giant Facial Basal Cell Carcinoma, Who Are They?-A Psychosocial Profile.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Using Social Media to Disseminate Behavior Change Interventions: Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- More Than Skin Deep: Embracing the Role of Estheticians for Health Promotion and Community Collaboration.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and prevention practices among beachgoers: a narrative review.Archives of dermatological research · 2025Review
- The impact of a novel digital sun protection campaign on sun-related attitudes and behaviours of healthcare workers: A prospective observational study.Skin health and disease · 2024Article
- The Types and Effectiveness of Mobile Health Applications Used in Improving Oral Cancer Knowledge: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review.Health science reports · 2024Review
- #4Corners4Health Social Media Cancer Prevention Campaign for Emerging Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Stepped-Wedge Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Workplace exposure to UV radiation and strategies to minimize cancer risk.British medical bulletin · 2022Review
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- Use of digital health interventions by outdoor workplaces in Australia: A focus on skin cancer prevention interventions.Digital healthArticle
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The skin cancer incidence rate has been rising, and digital health interventions can promote skin cancer prevention and detection behaviors. A systematic review was conducted to investigate the outcomes of digital interventions that promote sun protection and skin self-examination (SSE). This review examined studies that utilized randomized controlled designs or quasi-experiments, included outcomes related to sun safety or SSE, employed at least one digital platform, and were published in English from January 2000 to October 2020. A total of 62 studies were included in the review. Digital modalities included web-based (e.g., websites) alone (n = 29), mobile-based (e.g., mobile apps) alone (n = 12), game-based (n = 1), emails or text messages alone (n = 8), videos alone (n = 6), social media (n = 3), both text messages and mobile apps (n = 2), or both text messages and video (n = 1). Most studies (n = 44) only evaluated sun protection-related outcomes, seven studies assessed SSE outcomes only, nine studies examined both, and two assessed other related outcomes. Digital interventions are effective compared to non-intervention control conditions in promoting sun safety or SSE. Almost all studies found digital interventions to be equally or more effective compared to non-digital interventions. This review suggests that although the digital interventions varied, they showed promising effects on improving sun protection or SSE outcomes. Future research should include more sophisticated phase-based and rigorous longitudinal research designs, additional investigation of social media and other newer technologies, as well as more detailed reporting of methods and results.
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