Sun Awareness

Sun Awareness

It’s a fact: Overexposure to the sun can result in skin cancer.  Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or sunbeds is the main cause of skin cancer.  In the UK more than 8 in 10 cases of melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, could be prevented through enjoying the sun safely and avoiding sunburn.

Sun Awareness is the British Association of Dermatologists’ (BAD) annual campaign to raise awareness of skin cancer.  The campaign runs from April to September annually and includes Sun Awareness Week in May.  The campaign is two-pronged and combines prevention and detection advice.  The first aims to encourage people to regularly self-examine for skin cancer.  The second is to teach people about the dangers of sunburn and excessive tanning, and to discourage people from using sunbeds, in light of the associated risks of skin cancer.  In addition to public education about the dangers of sunbed use, the BAD has also been involved in campaigning for legislation to regulate the sunbed industry and is continuing to push towards further and improved regulation. BAD

 

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  • British Association of Dermatologists

    The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) is a charity whose charitable objects are the practice, teaching, training and research of Dermatology. It works with the Department of Health, patient bodies and commissioners across the UK, advising on best practice and the provision of Dermatology services across all service settings. It is funded by the activities of its Members.

  • Tenovus Cancer Care

    Tenovus Cancer Care offer support, advice and treatment to cancer patients and their loved ones. They also promote healthy lifestyles and fund cancer research to find new ways to prevent it, diagnose it, and treat it.

  • Sun Safe Schools

    The Sun Safe Schools Accreditation Scheme has been developed by national skin cancer charity; Skcin. The key objective of the charity is to prevent skin cancer through education, promote early detection and reduce the soaring incidence rates in the UK. Our mission via Sun Safe Schools is to assist primary schools in their duty of care to provide a sun safe environment and to educate children on the importance of sun safety, to influence behaviour and ultimately, save lives.

  • Skcin

    Raising Awareness Through Education Promoting Prevention and Early Detection Campaigning for Change

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One blistering sunburn can double a child’s lifetime risk of developing skin cancer
http://www.sunsafetyalliance.org/bare_facts.html

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