SKIN-CANCER PREVENTION - A LINK BETWEEN PRIMARY PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION

The aim of this paper was to determine if there is any link between pr imary prevention and early detection for skin cancer. Results from a s tudy of a large random sample of Gold Coast residents (N = 995) identi fied an association (P < 0.01) between individual primary prevention a nd early detection activities. People were also more likely to use bot h prevention methods if they had personal experience with skin cancer (P = 0.01) or if they were male (P = 0.05). Future primary prevention and early detection skin cancer programs might be most effective if th ey are combined.