Related Resources

The Skin Cancer Prevention Progress Report summarizes recent prevention efforts and highlights new data, developments, and success stories following the Call to Action.

Policymakers

• Promising Practices Brief: Reducing Indoor Tanning Among Minors
• Indoor Tanning Restrictions for Minors: A State-by-State Comparison (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Model policy for public shade from Australia [PDF-140KB] (SunSmart)

Businesses and Employers

• Sun Safety Tips for Employers
• Sun Safety Tips for Parks and Recreation Staff
• Position Statement: Sun Protection in the Workplace [PDF-56KB] (Cancer Council Australia)
• Draft a Policy Tool for Employers (SunSafe Colorado)

Health Care Systems, Insurers, and Clinicians

Screening Information

• Screening for Skin Cancer (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
• Cancer Prevention and Control (Guide to Community Preventive Services)

Behavioral Counseling

• Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)

Early Learning Centers, Schools, Colleges, and Universities

• Sun Safety Tips for Schools
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SunWise program teaches children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun.
• Shade Planning for America’s Schools [PDF-1.2MB] (CDC)
• Draft a Policy Tool for Schools (SunSafe Colorado)

Community, Non-Profit, and Faith-Based Organizations

• Sun Safety Tips for Families
• Shade Audit Tool (SunSmart)
• Search the Research-tested Intervention Programs Web site for skin cancer prevention programs that work