TY - JOUR AU - Bernardes, S. A. S. AU - Gustmann, P. C. AU - Valladão, D. M. S. AU - Ribeiro, E. B. PY - 2018/02/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Sun exposure and photoprotection habits evaluation of high school students at enio pipino public school in Sinop-MT JF - Scientific Electronic Archives JA - Sci. Electronic Arch VL - 11 IS - 1 SE - Ciências da Saúde DO - 10.36560/1112018429 UR - https://sea.ufr.edu.br/SEA/article/view/429 SP - 85 - 90 AB - <p>The aim of this work was to assess the sun exposure and photoprotection habits of high school students at Enio Pipino Public School in Sinop-MT. 140 surveys were answered by high school students from the urban area of Sinop-MT. From all the interviewed students, 42,14% were male, and 57,85% female, 63 students declared themselves brown, 53 white, and 42 black. Most of the students declared that they are exposed to sun for at least two hours weekly, and 60% of them between 10am and 3pm. Only 26,42% of the students wear sunscreen during the day, and from those, 8,57% re-apply the product, 52,85% of the students declared no knowledge about SPF. Most of the students do not use physical methods of protection although they assume to be aware about the damages caused by solar radiation expodure, and 13 of them declared to have skin cancer incidence in their families. Analyzing the results, it was possible to identify the studied population vulnerability about the risks of sun radiation exposure and it was also seen that there are very less attitudes for the self health care. It is remarkable yet the need of sun exposure habits changes, according to the time, frequency, and timing of exposure.</p> ER -