Clinical trial NCT03243929: Translation of District Sun Safe Policies to Schools
Official title: Translation of District Sun Safe Policies to Schools
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sun Safety
Sun Safe Schools
Prevention of Skin Cancer
Lead sponsor: Claremont Graduate University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-08-09
Enrollment: 118
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of the Translation of District Sun Safe Policies to Schools study was to test whether schools need assistance to facilitate the implementation of school district board-approved sun safety policies by individual elementary schools. The intervention is expected to produce a change in practices at the school level and to improve the sun safety behavior of children attending the intervention schools compared to control schools. A group of 40 school districts in Southern California that adopted board policy 5141.7 for sun safety provided 118 schools that were randomized to a intervention condition or to an attention control condition. The primary outcome is change in school-level sun safety practices based on 10 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) categories for policy change (i.e., sunscreen use, UV protective clothing, hats, student education, teacher education, provision of shade, scheduling to avoid peak UV exposure, parent outreach, resource allocation for sun safety, and an accountability system). This primary outcome was assessed by a survey of the principal and one teacher at each school (N=118 principals and 113 teachers at pretest). Parents (N=1770 at pretest) of children attending the schools completed a self-report measure assessing the secondary outcomes of change in individual-level sun safety behavior of their elementary school aged children and number of communications received from the school regarding sun safety. Assessment of principals, teachers and parents occurred at pretest, just prior to randomization, and at a posttest 20-months after the pretest. One Parent Teacher Association (PTA) representative per school was contacted to assess PTA involvement in intervention activities related to sun safety.

The primary hypothesis was stated for the effectiveness of the intervention condition at increasing school-level sun safety practices consistent with the sun safety policies of the school districts and read, H1: At follow-up, a greater percentage of schools in the intervention condition will implement at least one component of the school district sun safety policy compared to schools randomized to the attention-control condition.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* School districts in California with school Board Policy 5141.7 available online, and with at least one elementary school.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Schools Districts that do not have school Board Policy 5141.7 online, or do not have any elementary schools

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measure of implementation of sun safety practices and policy at schools
timeFrame: 20 Months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Students sun protection behavior
timeFrame: 20 Months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Claremont
country: United States
facility: Claremont Graduate University
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Claremont Graduate University
name: Kim D Reynolds, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Reynolds KD, Buller DB, Buller MK, Massie K, Berteletti J, Ashley J, Meenan R. Randomized controlled trial evaluating an intervention supporting implementation of sun safety policies in California public elementary schools. Prev Med. 2020 Aug;137:106125. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106125. Epub 2020 May 7.