Sun Protective Behaviour & Gender

According to a study carried out in Austria, there are significant gender differences when it comes to sun protective behaviour and knowledge. Women achieve higher knowledge scores, show higher risk awareness and perform more sun protection while men tend to underestimate the dangers of sun exposure without protection and report more sunburns (Moshammer et al., 2015).



- Haluza, D., Moshammer, H., Kundi, M. & Cervinka, R. (2015). Public (skin) health perspectives of gender differences in tanning habits and sun protective behaviour: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 127(3-4), 124-131.
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