Morton, Sarah K., and Harrison, Simone L. (2023) Slip, Slop, Slap, Slide, Seek and Sport: A Systematic Scoping Review of Sun Protection in Sport in Australasia. Current Oncology, 30 (1). pp. 401-415.

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Abstract

Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence of skin cancer. Sport is a fundamental part of Australasian culture, beginning in childhood, often with life-long participation. Participating in outdoor sports can contribute significantly to the lifetime ultraviolet radiation (UVR) dose individuals receive and their risk of developing skin cancer. This systematic scoping review explores the use of sun-protection by outdoor sporting participants in Australasia and considers how sun-protection practices may be improved and better evaluated in the community. A search of electronic databases using the search strategy “sun protection” AND “sport” AND “Australia” yielded 17 studies published in English from January 1992 to August 2021. Study methods included using UV-dosimeters to measure individual UVR-exposure; remote estimates of clothing-adjusted UVR-exposure; direct observation of sun-protection practices; and self-reported sun-exposure and sun-protection. Despite 40 years of ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ campaigns in Australia, the use of sun-protection in most outdoor sports is inadequate. The paucity of comparable data limited our analyses, demonstrating a need for standardized, objective evaluation tools. Such tools, if used across a range of sports, should inform the development of workable recommendations that sporting clubs could implement and adopt into policy, thus empowering them to better protect the health of their participants.

Item ID:	77402
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1718-7729
Keywords:	skin cancer; sun exposure; sunlight; sport; Australia; New Zealand; team sports; sporting venues; polysulfone badges; sunscreen; photoprotection; observational research; self-administered questionnaires; systematic literature review; sports; players; umpires; sporting officials
Copyright Information:	© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Funders:	Vera W. Parkes Bequest to James Cook University
Date Deposited:	07 Feb 2023 03:56
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4202 Epidemiology > 420201 Behavioural epidemiology @ 70% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420603 Health promotion @ 30%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200401 Behaviour and health @ 100%
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