Assessing population-wide behaviour change: concordance of 10-year trends in self-reported and observed sun protection

Suzanne Dobbinson (), Kris Jamsen, Helen Dixon, Matthew Spittal, Magdalena Lagerlund, John Lipscomb, Natalie Herd, Melanie Wakefield and David Hill

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 1, 157-166

Abstract: Findings suggest that self-report offers a valid means of assessing change in a population’s sun protection compliance over time, at least when self-reports are precisely focussed for time and activity context. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Validity; Observational measures; Self-report; Sun protection; Behaviours (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0454-5

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