Protect Yourself From the Sun

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Protect Yourself From the Sun

• A Presentation by Donald W. McGowan Jr.

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Significance

• Skin Cancer has affected the lives of many
  people, including my fiancée because of this I
  am highly interested in the risks people take.

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Research Question

• At what level of risk are Rowan University
  students with regard to developing melanoma?

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Subjects

• Thirty Rowan University Students
• Gender (20 females and 10 males)
• Age (average age 20.4 years)

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Results

• Do you spend long periods of
• time in the sun during peak summer
• hours? (10 am to 3 pm)

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Results

• Do you go to the beach a lot
• during the summer?

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Results

• Do you have fair skin?

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Results

• Do you apply
• sunscreen while
• out in the sun for
• long periods
• of time?

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Results

• Do you
• go to the
• tanning
• bed?

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Results

• How aware are you of skin
• cancer?

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Discussion

• From my research I found that Rowan students
• are at a moderate to low rate of developing
• Melanoma. From my survey I found that Rowan
• students take precaution from the sun even
• though a majority of the students really did not
• know anything about skin cancer. The most
• alarming thing that I found through my research
• was that there were still a lot of people who do
  not
• know anything about Melanoma. Also that some
• people still put their selves in danger of
  getting
• Melanoma by spending way to much time at the
• tanning beds or at the beach without sunscreen.

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Thank you for your attention!

• If you have any questions
• about my research or my
• experience with this project
• please feel free to ask me!