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The Burnt Child Dreads the Fire

Lurleen R. Maducdoc, MD; Richard F. Wagner, Jr, MD; Karen D. Wagner, MD, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 1992;128(5):628-629.

Abstract
• Background.—
Little is known about why some parents elect to use sunscreen on their children while others do not. A survey was distributed to beach-going childrens' parents who used (n = 42) or did not use (n = 40) sunscreen on their children to determine differences between these two groups.

Results.—
Parents who applied sunscreen to their children had children who previously had experienced significantly more painful sunburns (² = 6.40; df =1; P<.05).

Conclusions.—
Sunscreen use by beach-going children is motivated by parental attempts to prevent acute painful sunburn. Parental attitudes and behaviors about their childrens' sun exposure need modification if sun protection strategies are to reduce the future epidemic of skin cancer successfully. Sun protection education during well-child visits by pediatricians and family physicians is recommended.

(Arch Dermatol. 1992;128:628-629)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Dermatology (Drs Maducdoc and R. Wagner) and Psychiatry (Dr K. Wagner), and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Dr K. Wagner), the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication November 9, 1991.

Read before the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Scottsdale, Ariz, March 14, 1992.

Reprint requests to Division of Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, University of Texas Medical Branch Dermatology, Mail Route G-83, Galveston, TX 77555-0783 (Dr R. Wagner).

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