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Teacher and School Nurses Survey

The Boston University Cancer Prevention & Control Center is working with EPA/SunWise to evaluate your experience with the teaching of the SunWise School Program. Can you kindly take a few minutes to answer the following questions? Your answers will go a long way toward helping us improve SunWise.

Information collection via this form is authorized by OMB Control No. 2060-0439.

About You

To establish that you are a SunWise registered teacher or a school nurse, please enter either:

SunWise Class ID: OR

Your personal information will be removed from the survey.

Your Participation in SunWise

Did your class take part in any SunWise activities this past year?


(# of minutes per school year)

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I. Overall Satisfaction:

1. Please rank the children's overall satisfaction with the SunWise program.
Use a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least satisfied and 5 being the most satisfied.

Least Satisfied Most Satisfied
   

2. Please rank your overall satisfaction with the SunWise program.
Use a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least satisfied and 5 being the most satisfied.

Least Satisfied Most Satisfied
   

II. Cross-Curricular Classroom Lessons (SunWise Tool Kit)

3. Overall the Tool Kit was at:


4. Of the following, I completed selected activities in (please check all that apply):


5. What were the children's 2 favorite activities?

1:
2:

6. Did the SunWise Tool Kit help students learn about the risk of overexposure to the sun?
Use a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least helpful and 5 being the most helpful.

Not helpful Very helpful
   

7. Did the SunWise Tool Kit help students learn how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun?
Use a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least helpful and 5 being the most helpful.

Not helpful Very helpful
   

8. Did the SunWise Tool Kit help you learn about the risk of overexposure to the sun?
Use a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least helpful and 5 being the most helpful.

Not helpful Very helpful
   

9. Did you share your materials with another faculty member?

                

III. UV Index/UV Meter/Frisbee Use

10. Did your class use the SunWise Web site to gather and/or input UV Index data?

                

11. If you requested a handheld UV meter, did you use it?

(Number of times)

(Please explain)

12. Was the UV Frisbee an effective teaching tool?

               

IV. Infrastructure Enhancements

13. Did you organize any school-wide sun safety activities (out of the classroom)?  

                

14. Please indicate which of your school’s policies changed as a result of your efforts with SunWise. (Check all that apply.)

  Before SunWise? After SunWise?
a. Were notes about sunscreen sent home to parents?
b. Was sunscreen available in the school?
 
 

V. Personal Behaviors

15. Please indicate how your personal sun behaviors have changed since teaching the SunWise Program:

  Improved Stayed the same Decreased
a. Applying sunscreen
b. Using a higher SPF sunscreen
c. Wearing a shirt and hat
d. Staying in the shade
e. Staying inside between 10 AM and 4 PM

If any of your sun protection behaviors have decreased, why? (please explain)

16. Since teaching the SunWise Program, have you talked to your family or friends about being sun safe more often?

                

VI. Suggestions

17. What information, materials, or resources would you suggest we add, delete or change?

18. Have you developed any enhancement activities/lessons for use with SunWise that you would be willing to share?

                

VII. Future Participation

19. Would you like to continue your participation in SunWise for the 2008-2009 school year? (If yes, you will be automatically re-enrolled in SunWise.)

                

20. How receptive would you be to new units on:

  Not very receptive Somewhat receptive Very receptive
a. Dangers of tanning beds?
b. Helping children resist need for tanning?
c. Educating parents about sun protection?

 

or

THANK YOU

The public reporting and record-keeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to or for a federal agency. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. (This collection is OMB control number 2060-0439.) Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of automated collection techniques to the Director, Collection Strategies Division, OIC/OEI, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Include the OMB control number in any correspondence

OMB Control No. 2060-0439

 

 
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