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Sun Protection as a Family Health Project in Families with Adolescents

Richard A. Young

University of British Columbia, Canada, richard.young{at}ubc.ca

Corinne Logan

University of British Columbia, Canada

Chris Y. Lovato

University of British Columbia, Canada

Barbara Moffat

University of British Columbia, Canada

Jean A. Shoveller

University of British Columbia, Canada

This study examined sun protection in families with adolescents from an action-theoretical perspective. Interview data were collected from 20 families about their attitudes and behaviors around sunbathing and sun protection. The data support the understanding of project as joint goal-directed action over time as the basis on which these behaviors are organized in families. Families used the language of goal-directed action to discuss family sun protection. Differences between families with focused and diffuse sun-protection projects are identified. Sun protection in families as one part of an array of family goal-directed actions and projects has implications for health promotion.

Key Words: action theory • health promotion • parents and adolescents • skin cancer • sun protection

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 10, No. 3, 333-344 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305051419
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