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Published in final edited form as: Semin Oncol Nurs. 2016 Jul 29;32(3):241–254. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2016.05.005

TABLE 2.

Selected Internet Resources for Skin Cancer Prevention

Resources URL
General information
SunWise (National Environmental Education Foundation [NEEF]) https://www.neefusa.org/sunwise
Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer (Office of the Surgeon General) http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calls/prevent-skin-cancer/index.html
Information on Melanoma (National Cancer Institute [NCI]) http://www.cancer.gov/types/skin
Skin cancer (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/
Skin cancer prevention fact sheets (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/fact_sheets.htm
What You Need to Know About Skin Cancer (NCI) For Patients http://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/wyntk-skin-cancer/
Global Solar UV Index (EPA and the National Weather Service) http://www.epa.gov/sunsafety
Skin Cancer (National Institutes of Health [NIH]) For Seniors http://nihseniorhealth.gov/skincancer/skincancerdefined/01.html
Skin Care and Aging (NIH) https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/skin-care-and-aging
Sunscreen (US Food and Drug Administration [FDA]) http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/ucm239463.htm
Indoor tanning (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm186687.htm
Ultraviolet radiation (World Health Organization) http://www.who.int/uv/en/
SunSmart Resources (Cancer Council Victoria) http://www.sunsmart.com.au/
Recommendations
Skin Cancer Screening Recommendations (US Preventive Services Task Force [USPSTF]) http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/skin-cancer-screening
Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: Recommendations and Rationale (USPSTF) http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/skin-cancer-counseling
Guide to Community Preventive Services http://www.thecommunityguide.org/cancer/index.html
Preventing Skin Cancer: Findings of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on Reducing Exposure to Ultraviolet Light http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5215a1.htm
Partners
American Academy of Dermatology https://www.aad.org/
American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/home.html
American Academy of Pediatrics https://www.aap.org/
American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/
American School Health Association http://www.ashaweb.org/
Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation http://www.melanomaprevention.org/
Melanoma Research Foundation http://www.melanoma.org/
National Association of School Nurses http://www.nasn.org/
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/
National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention http://www.skincancerprevention.org/
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
Skin Cancer Foundation http://www.skincancer.org/
Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) http://www.shapeamerica.org/
Sun Safety Alliance http://www.sunsafetyalliance.org/
SunSafe Project, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/pf/sunsafe_programs.html
US Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/