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ARTICLE

Sun Protection Practices Among Offspring of Women

With Personal or Family History of Skin Cancer

Alan C. Geller, MPH, RNa,b, Daniel R. Brooks, DSc, MPHb, Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPHc, Howard K. Koh, MD, MPHd, A. Lindsay Frazier, MDc,e

aDepartment of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts;bDepartment of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health,

Boston, Massachusetts;cChanning Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;dDivision of

Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;eDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE.Family history of skin cancer is an important determinant of skin cancer risk for offspring. No previous study of the effect of personal or family history of skin cancer on the sun protection behaviors of the offspring has been published.

METHODS.A retrospective study was conducted of the sun protection behaviors of the adolescent participants in the Growing Up Today Study (GUTS), who were off-spring of mothers from the Nurses Health Study II. Adolescents’ surveys were matched with their mothers’ reports of a personal or family history of skin cancer and compared with adolescents whose mothers did not report a personal or family history of skin cancer. The outcome measures were (1) occurrence of frequent sunburns during the past summer, (2) use of a tanning bed during the past year, and (3) routine use of sunscreen. Frequent sunburns were defined as the report of ⱖ3 sunburns during the past summer. We compared those who reported having used a tanning bed in the past year at least once with those who reported no tanning bed use in the past year. Routine use of sunscreen was defined as a respondent who replied that he or she “always” or “often” used sunscreen with sun protection factor of 15 or more when he or she was outside for⬎15 minutes on a sunny day during the past summer. General estimating equations were used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals adjusted for gender, age, color of untanned skin, and number of friends who were tanned. We also con-ducted an additional analysis restricted to children whose mothers had received a diagnosis of skin cancer in which we assessed sun protection behaviors according to the child’s age and mother’s age at the time of the mother’s diagnosis and the number of years that had passed since the diagnosis of the mother’s skin cancer.

RESULTS.In 1999, 9943 children reported their sun protection behaviors; 8697 of their mothers had not received a diagnosis of skin cancer or reported a family history of melanoma, 463 participants’ mothers had received a diagnosis of skin cancer, and 783 participants’ mothers reported a family history of melanoma. Between 1989 and 1999, 371 mothers of GUTS participants received a diagnosis of skin cancer: melanoma (n ⫽44), squamous cell (n⫽ 39), and basal cell cancer

www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/ peds.2005-1734

doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1734

Key Words

melanoma, skin cancer, family history, children, parents, sun protection, sunscreen

Abbreviations

SCC—squamous cell carcinoma BCC— basal cell carcinoma GUTS—Growing Up Today Study NHSII—Nurses’ Health Study II OR— odds ratio

CI— confidence interval

Accepted for publication Sep 26, 2005

Address correspondence to Alan C. Geller, MPH, RN, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, 720 Harrison Ave, DOB801A, Boston, MA 02118. E-mail: ageller@bu.edu

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(n⫽311); 23 mothers received a diagnosis of⬎1 type of skin cancer. Because GUTS includes siblings from the same family, the 371 mothers with skin cancer had 463 offspring in GUTS. Offspring of mothers with skin cancer were slightly more likely to report frequent sunburns in the past year compared with those with neither mater-nal diagnosis nor family history (39% vs 36%). Tanning bed use was not significantly different among those with either a maternal diagnosis of skin cancer or family history of melanoma as compared with nonaffected ad-olescents (8% vs 9% vs 10%). Sunscreen use among offspring of mothers with skin cancer was higher than among those whose mothers had a family history of melanoma or mothers with no personal history of skin cancer (42% vs 33% vs 34%). Tan-promoting attitudes were also similar across all groups. Only 25% thought that a natural skin color was most attractive, and on average, 25% in each group agreed that it was worth burning to get a tan. Children of mothers who had received a diagnosis⬎2 years in the past were less likely to use sunscreen, more likely to sunburn, and more likely to use tanning beds than children of mothers with a more recent diagnosis, although the results did not reach statistical significance.

CONCLUSION.Frequent sunburns, suboptimal sunscreen use, and high rates of tanning bed use are commonplace even among the children of health professionals who are at risk for developing skin cancer themselves as a result of personal or family history. With new information on family risk, pediatricians can use the potential of a teach-able moment to ensure optimal sun protection for chil-dren who are at risk.

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ISK FOR SKIN cancer is increased among the first-degree relatives of skin cancer patients.1,2 Family

history of melanoma increases risk for melanoma 2- to 8-fold.1Family history of squamous cell (SCC) and basal

cell cancer (BCC) increases risk at least 2-fold, depend-ing on the histology, number of lesions, and degree of invasiveness.3–5 Therefore, family members of people

who receive a diagnosis of skin cancer represent a group that should take additional precautions to limit sun ex-posure.6,7 However, all previous interventional trials

have focused only on the adult relatives of skin cancer patients. No previous studies, to our knowledge, have examined the effect that a skin cancer diagnosis, in either a parent or a first-degree relative, has on the sun protection behavior of the patient’s progeny. Changing the behavior of the children of skin cancer patients is critical, because there is ample epidemiologic evidence that sun exposure during childhood and adolescence most affects future risk for skin cancer.3,6

Using data from a national cohort study of adoles-cents who participate in the Growing Up Today Study

(GUTS), we previously reported that sun protection be-haviors are less than optimal8but approximate the rates

observed in national surveys of children of similar age. Because the mothers of the adolescents in GUTS are participants in the Nurses Health Study II (NHSII), we can explore intergenerational influences on these be-haviors. Using the mother’s report of her own diagnosis of skin cancer and of family history of melanoma in either a parent or a sibling, we compared the use of sunscreen, frequency of multiple sunburns, and use of tanning beds among children with a family history of skin cancer versus those without such a history. We hypothesized that children with family history of skin cancer, either in the mother herself or 1 of the mother’s first-degree relatives, would have more consistent sun-screen use, less frequent sunburns, and lower utilization of tanning beds than children of unaffected mothers. We also hypothesized that children whose mothers received a diagnosis when the children were at a more impres-sionable age (ie, before adolescence) and children whose mothers had received a diagnosis more recently, so that the information was more salient, would be more likely to report sun protective behaviors.

METHODS

Study Population: GUTS and the NHSII

The GUTS participants were recruited by identifying mothers from the ongoing NHSII who had children aged 9 to 14 in 1996. We sent a letter explaining the study and asked the mothers to provide us with the name, age, and gender of their children in the eligible age range. In October 1996, we mailed letters and baseline question-naires to the 13 261 girls and 13 504 boys whose moth-ers had granted us permission to invite them to partici-pate in GUTS. The invitation letter to the child explained the study, assured them of the confidentiality of their responses, and asked them to complete the question-naire if they wished to participate. Approximately 68% (n⫽9039) of the girls and 58% (n⫽7843) of the boys returned completed questionnaires, thereby assenting to participate in the cohort. Follow-up questionnaires are mailed annually. This study was approved by the Human Subjects Committees at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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non-white participants were excluded. An additional 148 participants were excluded from the analysis because they had failed to respond to key confounding variables, resulting in a final data set of 9943 white children.

Diagnosis of Skin Cancer

NHSII, a cohort study of ⬎116 000 female registered nurses, was established in 1989; details of the study are reported elsewhere.9As part of a biennial questionnaire,

NHSII participants report major medical diagnoses, in-cluding skin cancer (BCC, SCC, or melanoma). The di-agnosis of melanoma and SCC is confirmed by review of medical records by a physician. In addition to report of their own diagnoses, the participants of NHSII report family history of specific cancers, including melanoma in either a parent or a sibling.

Outcome Measures

The outcome measures were (1) routine use of sun-screen, (2) occurrence of frequent sunburns during the past summer, and (3) use of a tanning bed during the past year. Routine use of sunscreen was defined as a respondent who replied that he or she “always” or “of-ten” used sunscreen with sun protection factor 15 or more when he or she was outside for⬎15 minutes on a sunny day during the past summer. Frequent sunburns were defined as the report ofⱖ3 sunburns during the past summer. We compared those who reported having used a tanning bed in the past year at least once with those who reported no tanning bed use in the past year.

Covariates and Effect Modifiers

Respondents were asked to characterize the color of their untanned skin. Response categories were dichoto-mized as very fair/fair versus olive/dark. Fitzpatrick skin type was not assessed because there had been no previ-ous studies using this self-reported measure among chil-dren as young as 11 years. As a measure of peer influ-ence, participants reported the number of friends who had a tan at the end of the past summer. Responses were dichotomized to all/most/some versus none/few friends. Attitudes toward tanning were ascertained by 2 ques-tions. Participants stated the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with the statement, “It is worth getting a little burned to get a good tan,” which was dichotomized as strongly agree/agree versus strongly disagree/dis-agree/neither agree nor disagree. Participants were also asked, “What kind of tan do you find most attractive?” Responses were dichotomized into very dark brown/ moderate brown/light brown versus little color/natural color.

Statistical Analyses

Our primary analyses compared routine sunscreen use, frequent sunburn occurrence, and ever use of tanning bed among children whose mothers reported that they

had received a diagnosis of skin cancer or had a family history of melanoma versus children whose mothers reported no personal or family history. We also assessed whether the diagnosis of skin cancer in the mother affected attitudes toward tanning. We repeated these analyses restricting the group of offspring of mothers with cancer to those whose mothers had reported a diagnosis of the more consequential skin cancers (mel-anoma or SCC), ie, excluding BCC. We also conducted an additional analysis restricted to children whose moth-ers had received a diagnosis of skin cancer in which we assessed sun protection behaviors according to the child’s age and mother’s age at the time of the mother’s diagnosis and the number of years that had passed since the diagnosis of the mother.

␹2tests for categorical data were used to calculate P

values for the null hypothesis of no association. General estimating equations, which account for sibling cluster-ing among the cohort, were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) adjusted for gender, age, color of untanned skin, and number of friends who were tanned. Statistical analyses were per-formed using SAS Version 8.2 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC).10

RESULTS

In 1999, 9943 children reported their sun protection behaviors; 8697 of their mothers had not received a diagnosis of skin cancer or reported a family history of melanoma, 463 participants’ mothers had received a diagnosis of skin cancer, and 783 participants’ mothers reported a family history of melanoma.

Between 1989 and 1999, 371 mothers of GUTS par-ticipants received a diagnosis of skin cancer: melanoma (n⫽44), SCC (n⫽39), and BCC (n⫽311); 23 mothers received a diagnosis of ⬎1 type of skin cancer. Because GUTS includes siblings from the same family, the 371 mothers with skin cancer had 463 offspring in GUTS.

The distribution of gender, age, and untanned skin color was similar for the offspring of mothers with skin cancer, mothers with the family history of melanoma, and mothers with neither a personal nor a family history (Table 1). Tan-promoting attitudes were also similar across all groups. Overall, only 25% thought that a natural skin color was most attractive, and on average, 25% in each group agreed that it was worth burning to get a tan. The proportion of offspring’s friends who were tanned also did not differ according to whether the mother had received a diagnosis of skin cancer or had a family history of melanoma. Offspring of mothers with family history of melanoma had a very similar profile on all outcome measures as the offspring of mothers with neither a personal nor a family history (Table 2).

Frequent Sunburns

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com-pared with those with neither maternal diagnosis nor family history (39% vs 36%; OR: 1.2: 95% CI: 1.0 –1.4; Table 2). Female offspring of mothers who had received a diagnosis of skin cancer reported the highest rate of frequent sunburns (43%). In an analysis stratified by color of untanned skin, rates of frequent sunburn did not differ by maternal diagnosis of skin cancer or by family history of melanoma.

Use of Tanning Beds

Tanning bed use did not vary by maternal diagnosis of skin cancer or by family history of melanoma. No differ-ences in the use of tanning beds was demonstrable in analyses stratified by gender, age, color of untanned skin, and number of friends who were tanned.

Routine Use of Sunscreen

Offspring of mothers with skin cancer reported more routine use of sunscreen than the offspring of mothers without skin cancer (42% vs 34%; OR: 1.50; 95% CI: 1.23–1.82). This effect was limited to girls. Routine sun-screen use decreased with age for all groups, and by age 16 to 18 years, there was no difference in use of sun-screen among the 3 groups. Fair children were more likely to report sunscreen use than children with darker skin; this difference was accentuated further by the pres-ence of the diagnosis of skin cancer in the mother. Forty-five percent of the children whose mothers had received a diagnosis of skin cancer reported routine use of sunscreen compared with only 27% of olive/dark-skinned children whose mothers had not received a diagnosis of skin cancer.

Effect Modification by Type of Skin Cancer Diagnosed in the Mother, Maternal Age at Diagnosis, Child Age at Maternal Diagnosis, and Remoteness of Cancer Diagnosis

Skin cancer diagnoses with more severe health implica-tions (melanoma or SCC) did not change the results (data not shown). Maternal age at diagnosis ranged from 22 to 52 years (median: 40 years); no association was

shown between mother’s age at diagnosis and any of the outcome measures (data not shown). The age of the child at maternal diagnosis ranged from⬍1 to 17 years (median: 9 years); child’s age at maternal diagnosis was not associated with any of the outcome measures. Chil-dren of mothers who had received a diagnosis⬎2 years in the past were less likely to use sunscreen (OR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.45–1.21), more likely to sunburn (OR: 1.64; 95% CI: 1.00 –2.77), and more likely to use tanning beds (OR: 2.03; 95% CI: 0.66 – 6.29) than children of mothers with a more recent diagnosis, although the results did not reach statistical significance (Table 3).

DISCUSSION

Offspring of individuals with a family history of skin cancer are at increased risk for developing the disease themselves.1 Offspring of women who had received a

diagnosis of skin cancer were more likely to use sun-screen (although this effect was limited to girls who were younger than 16 years), but offspring of those with a family history of melanoma did not use sunscreen any more frequently than their peers whose mothers were unaffected by skin cancer. Frequent sunburns and tan-ning bed use did not vary significantly between offspring with a family history of skin cancer and those without a skin cancer diagnosis in the family. Neither maternal skin cancer diagnosis nor family history of melanoma affected attitudes about tanning, an important determi-nant of behavior. These observations did not vary by age, gender, or the color of the child’s untanned skin. Neither age of child at maternal diagnosis nor maternal age of diagnosis affected these results. There was a suggestion that perhaps offspring of mothers who received a diag-nosis the past 2 years practiced more sun protective behaviors, but these results were not statistically signif-icant.

Suboptimal prevention practices found in this study are consistent with recent national studies of average-risk children and adolescents.11–14A national

population-based telephone survey of 1192 11- to 18-year-olds

TABLE 1 Demographic Characteristics and Tan-Promoting Attitudes Among Adolescent Offspring of Women Who Had Received a Diagnosis of Skin Cancer

Characteristic Offspring of Mothers Without Skin Cancer

(n⫽8697)

Offspring of Mothers With Skin Cancer

(n⫽463)

Offspring of Mothers With Family History of Melanoma

(n⫽783)

Gender, %

Male 40.8 45.4 42

Female 59.2 54.6 58

Age, y 14.5 14.6 14.5

Untanned skin color, very fair/fair, % 75 79 76

Attitudes about tanning, %

Worth burning to get a tan, strongly agree/agree 27 23 28

Type of tan most attractive, little color/natural skin color 25 27 22

Number of friends with tans, all/most/some 84 85 85

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found low prevalence of applying sunscreen (31%) and staying in the shade (22%), and approximately 80% of children between 11 and 18 years of age reported at least 1 sunburn in the previous year, with ⬎30% having received 3 or more sunburns.11Other studies have also

demonstrated that sun protection practices diminish with age.12,13 Our estimate of tanning bed use among

teenage girls concurs with estimates of 10% in another population-based study.14

Family history is a risk factor for many chronic

dis-TABLE 2 Sun Protection Practices Among Offspring of Women Who Had Received a Diagnosis of Skin Cancer

Offspring of Mothers Without Skin Cancer

(n⫽8697)

Offspring of Mothers With Skin Cancer

(n⫽463)

Offspring of Mothers With Family History of Melanoma

(n⫽783) % Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

% Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

% Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Frequent sunburnsb

Overall 36 1.0 (Ref) 39 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 37 1.0 (0.9–1.2)

Gender

Girls 40 1.0 (Ref) 43 1.1 (0.8–1.4) 41 1.0 (0.8–1.2)

Boys 30 1.0 (Ref) 36 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 30 1.0 (0.8–1.3)

Age, y

12–13 33 1.0 (Ref) 32 0.95 (0.6–1.4) 37 1.2 (0.9–1.5)

14–15 36 1.0 (Ref) 47 1.6 (1.1–2.2) 40 1.2 (0.9–1.4)

16–18 38 1.0 (Ref) 36 0.97 (0.7–1.4) 31 0.8 (0.6–1.0)

Untanned skin color

Fair 39 1.0 (Ref) 41 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 39 1.0 (0.8–1.2)

Dark 25 1.0 (Ref) 31 1.5 (0.9–2.3) 26 1.0 (0.8–1.1)

Tanning bed use in past year

Overall 10 1.0 (Ref) 8 0.79 (0.5–1.2) 9 1.0 (0.7–1.3)

Gender

Girls 15 1.0 (Ref) 13 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 14 0.98 (0.7–1.3)

Boys 2 1.0 (Ref) 2 0.75 (0.3–2.1) 3 1.3 (0.6–2.5)

Age, y

12–13 2 1.0 (Ref) 4 1.69 (0.7–4.3) 4 0.5 (0.15–1.6)

14–15 8 1.0 (Ref) 5 0.73 (0.4–1.5) 8 1.0 (0.7–1.6)

16–18 21 1.0 (Ref) 16 0.75 (0.5–1.2) 21 1.1 (0.8–1.5)

Untanned skin color

Fair 9 1.0 (Ref) 7 1.1 (0.6–2.0) 9 0.7 (0.4–1.2)

Dark 13 1.0 (Ref) 14 0.9 (0.4–1.9) 6 0.8 (0.4–1.4)

Routine sunscreen usec

Overall 34 1.0 (Ref) 42 1.5 (1.2–1.8) 33 0.98 (0.8–1.1)

Gender

Girls 39 1.0 (Ref) 51 1.5 (1.3–2.2) 39 0.97 (0.8–1.1)

Boys 26 1.0 (Ref) 31 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 26 1.0 (0.7–1.3)

Age, y

12–13 40 1.0 (Ref) 49 1.5 (1.0–2.1) 39 0.94 (0.7–1.2)

14–15 32 1.0 (Ref) 45 1.7(1.3–2.4) 33 1.1 (0.8–1.3)

16–18 29 1.0 (Ref) 34 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 29 0.97 (0.7–1.3)

Untanned skin color

Fair 36 1.0 (Ref) 45 1.5 (1.2–1.9) 35 0.93 (0.8–1.2)

Dark 27 1.0 (Ref) 32 1.3 (0.8–2.1) 30 1.22 (0.9–1.7)

aAdjusted for gender, age, color of untanned skin, and number of friends who were tanned. bBurned 3 or more times in past summer.

cRoutine sunscreen is defined as report of sunscreen always or often applied when in the sun during the past summer.

TABLE 3 Remoteness of Cancer Diagnosis on Association With Sunscreen Use, Sunburns, and Tanning Bed Use

Years Since Mother’s Diagnosis of Skin Cancer

Routine Sunscreena Frequent Sunburnb Tanning Bed Use in Past Year

% OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI)

ⱕ2 y (n⫽101) 47.5 1.0 29.7 1.0 5.0 1.0

⬎2–10 y (n⫽348) 40.6 0.73 (0.45–1.21) 41.7 1.66 (1.00–2.77) 9.0 2.03 (0.66–6.29)

Adjusted for gender, age, color of untanned skin, and number of friends who were tanned.

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eases of public health significance to pediatricians, in-cluding asthma,15 diabetes,16 breast cancer,17 and skin

cancer.1 There is an emerging interest in the use of

family medical history for identifying people who are at increased risk for common chronic diseases. A 2002 meeting entitled Family History for Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Developing a Research Agenda (www.cdc.gov/genomics/) can provide insights to pedi-atricians on ways to incorporate family history counsel-ing into practice.18Currently, no federal guidelines

rec-ommend pediatrician assessment of parental skin cancer history. Future surveys of pediatricians should deter-mine the use of a question regarding family history of skin cancer on the parent assessment. Likewise, surveys of dermatologists might consider the frequency of family counseling for risk reduction after a skin cancer diagno-sis. Subsequently, trials could consider testing various educational strategies to enhance physician counseling for sun protection in the family setting.

A number of studies have documented suboptimal pediatric counseling for sun protection among average-risk patients. Most recently, Gritz et al19 conducted a

mailed survey of 202 Texas pediatricians and found that most pediatricians recommended sunscreen use, but only half recommended protective clothing, shade, or limiting midday exposure.

Slightly higher burning rates among the offspring of mothers with skin cancer, despite more routine sun-screen use, could occur for several reasons. First, off-spring of mothers with skin cancer may burn more easily than their peers without a family history of skin cancer. Offspring of affected mothers were only slightly more likely than their counterparts to report having fair or very fair skin. In addition, we adjusted for color of the untanned skin, although this may not fully capture pro-pensity to burn/inability to tan. Another reason that children of affected mothers may not alter their sun protection behaviors is that they may be totally unaware of their mother’s diagnosis; we do not know whether mothers have discussed the need for better sun protec-tion with their families. Another possibility is that even if mothers who have had skin cancer diagnoses more commonly recommend sunscreen use, the sunscreen is applied inadequately, as has been observed in other adolescents.20 In other words, increased sunscreen use

may result in more burns as a result of a false sense of security. Another possible explanation is reporting bias: offspring of affected mothers may more accurately re-port the incidence of burning, as a result of having been sensitized to the issue.

These findings are subject to several potential limita-tions. First, the behaviors are reported after the diagnosis of the mother, and inferences about cause and effect need to be verified in longitudinal analyses that can assess whether a change in sun protection behaviors occurs after a diagnosis of skin cancer. This study does

not represent a random sample of all US adolescents, although it does include participants from all 50 states. The mothers of the participants also hold nursing de-grees, which may affect their children’s health behaviors. Any lack of generalizability of results, however, does not negate the internal validity of the study, and the resultant data can be used to generate hypotheses to test in cohorts with different racial and socioeconomic profiles.

The greatest potential source of misclassification of the data is attributable to the self-report of all data in the study. Data from other major longitudinal studies of adolescent health, including the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the Longitudinal Survey of Ad-olescent Health, also are self-reported, and these data have reasonable validity and reliability.21,22

Understand-ing the potential impact of the family history of mela-noma is limited by the fact that the date of diagnosis of the family member was not available, so we were not able to ascertain whether the diagnosis had occurred recently or in the distant past, perhaps even before the birth of the child. Sunscreen use was the only type of sun protection examined; therefore, overall rates of sun protection may be higher than reported, although sun-screen is the most common form of sun protection used.12As noted earlier, there were no questions on the

amount of solar exposure or propensity to burn, both of which may have differed among the offspring of affected children. Finally, we do not have any information about skin cancer diagnoses in the father.

CONCLUSIONS

Suboptimal sunscreen use, frequent sunburns, and use of tanning beds, especially among older girls, are com-monplace even among the children of a health profes-sional who has received a diagnosis of skin cancer herself or a family history of melanoma. Currently, 540 000 people are alive with a diagnosis of melanoma,23and it is

likely that at least 20 times more individuals have a diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer, who should be motivated to educate their offspring. The label “teach-able moment” has been used to describe naturally oc-curring health events that are thought to motivate indi-viduals to adopt spontaneously risk-reducing health behaviors.24For the offspring of skin cancer patients, this

“moment” needs to be extended and the message needs to be addressed and then readdressed, especially if one is to prevail against the current trend among adolescents to seek out more and more tanning opportunities as they age. With information on family risk, pediatricians can use the potential of a teachable moment to ensure opti-mal sun protection for their patients who are at risk.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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We are grateful to Lisa Li, MD, for statistical program-ming and analysis.

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TABLE 1Demographic Characteristics and Tan-Promoting Attitudes Among Adolescent Offspring of Women Who Had Received a Diagnosisof Skin Cancer
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