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Program Title & Description
(9 programs listed)
Program Focus Population Focus
1. Title: Block the Sun, Not the Fun
Purpose: Designed to enhance and promote sun protective behaviors at child care centers.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA59202)
Intervention Category: Education & policy interventions in child care centers (children)
Awareness building and Behavior Modification Sun-exposed individuals

2. Title: Pool Cool
Purpose: Designed to increase awareness and promote sun protection behavior and practices.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2002
Original Grant Funded By: 
CDC   (Grant number: U56-CCU914658)
Intervention Category: Interventions oriented to children's parents and caregivers and Education & policy interventions in recreational settings (adults)
Awareness building Sun-exposed individuals

3. Title: Project SUNWISE: Skin Cancer Prevention Counseling by Pharmacists
Purpose: Designed to increase the effectiveness of pharmacists in delivering skin cancer prevention counseling.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1998
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIAMS   (Grant number: AR43025 )
Awareness building Sun-exposed individuals

4. Title: Sun Safe
Purpose: Designed to enhance and promote sun protective behaviors.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1998
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA63029)
Intervention Category: Interventions oriented to children's parents and caregivers, Education & policy interventions in child care centers (children), Education & policy interventions in recreational settings (adults), Education & policy interventions in primary schools and Interventions in healthcare system and provider settings
Awareness building Sun-exposed individuals

5. Title: SunSafe in the Middle School Years
Purpose: Designed to increase awareness and promote sun protection behavior and practices.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2007
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA079706 )
Intervention Category: Community-wide multi-component programs, Education & policy interventions in secondary schools & colleges, Education & policy interventions in recreational settings (adults) and Interventions in healthcare system and provider settings
Awareness building and Behavior Modification School Children

6. Title: Sunny Days Healthy Ways - Elementary School (Grades K-5)
Purpose: Designed to increase awareness and promote sun protection behavior and practices among K-5th grade students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2006
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA23074)
Intervention Category: Education & policy interventions in primary schools
Awareness building and Behavior Modification School Children

7. Title: Sunny Days Healthy Ways - Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Purpose: Designed to increase awareness and promote sun protection behavior and practices among 6th - 8th grade students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2006
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA79701)
Intervention Category: Education & policy interventions in primary schools
Awareness building and Behavior Modification School Children

8. Title: The Raybusters Program: Early Interventions for Creating Sun Smart Behavior
Purpose: Designed to increase awareness and promote sun protection behavior and practices.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2004
Original Grant Funded By: 
Boston University American Cancer Society Institutional Grant   (Grant number not available.)
Intervention Category: Interventions oriented to children's parents and caregivers
Awareness building and Behavior Modification Sun-exposed individuals

9. Title: Together for Sun Safety
Purpose: Designed to motivate sun protection behavior and reduce sun exposure.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2000
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA62968)
Intervention Category: Interventions oriented to children's parents and caregivers
Awareness building and Behavior Modification Sun-exposed individuals


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