A Pilot and Feasibility Study of the Sun Safe Family Facebook Intervention.

The goal of this pilot study is to develop and pilot test a social media-delivered family sun safety intervention to improve sun safety among children between the ages of 2 and 17 years of age by intervening with their parents. We will conduct a pilot trial of 300 parents of children between 2 and 17 years of age recruited from Facebook ads and an internet panel. Due to a difference in parenting role, we will conduct separate Facebook groups for parents of children aged 2-9 years of age, children aged 10-13 years of age, and teenagers 14 -17 years of age.


Aim 1: To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a social-media delivered sun-safety intervention, Sun Safe Families, for parents of children between 2 and 17 years of age. We will evaluate feasibility by three metrics: a) study acceptance rates; b) engagement in the Facebook groups, 3) treatment evaluations of the Facebook groups using quantitative and qualitative feedback, and;4) completion rates for post-intervention surveys.

Aim 2: To provide preliminary data on Sun Safe Families. We will evaluate the impact of the intervention on parent-reported child sun protection and exposure, as well as on parent knowledge, parent attitudes, norms, agency about child sun protection, and communication with the child about sun protection and exposure.

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