Asia-pacific Journal of Multicultural Society
| Volume 2, No. 2, 2018, pp 45-50 | ||
| Abstract |
The actual conditions of ultraviolet protection in Korea nursing college Students
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Abstract
In As for the direct exposure of sunlight on skin could cause various disease or cancer, there is a need for an investigation to solve health problems related to UV protection. This study aims to examine the UV protection action targeting college students. The study subjects were 1544 nursing students in Korea. As for the research tool, it is composed of 25 questions including UV protection action related questions. As the result, subjects did not conduct UV protection action properly. Also, there was a difference in expected effect of UV protection in accordance with skin color of subjects(F=3.587, P=.028), and expected effect of UV protection by using sunscreen was high(t=2.884, P=.004). There were only 2.5% of students who always used sunscreen.