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The primary subjects of a school’s sun safety program are the students and personnel. To reduce their risk of developing skin cancer, instruction and environmental support should be provided to each group along with strong encouragment to practice sun-safe behavior. Parents and teachers, as secondary subjects, should be trained in promoting sun safety to the students.
One or more individuals at each school, such as the principal, nurse, or health care coordinator, will be responsible for implementing the school’s sun safety policy or program. He or she could provide answers to a simple survey that will yield outcomes data to enable an effective evaluation. Merely answering the survey might stimulate heightened awareness and stronger commitment to sun safety.