School sun-protection policies: measure development and assessments in 2 regions of the United States.

Background: In 2002, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that schools adopt policies that reduce exposure of children to ultraviolet radiation to prevent skin cancer. We report here the development of a school sun-safety policy measure and baseline descriptive statistics from the assessment of written policies collected in 2005-2007 from public school districts that enrolled in a randomized trial evaluating a policy promotion program.

Methods: Written policies were collected from 103 of 112 school districts in Colorado and Southern California prior to randomization.

Motivating public school districts to adopt sun protection policies: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: In 2002, CDC recommended that the nation's schools establish policies that reduce sun exposure to decrease students' risk of skin cancer.

Purpose: A program to convince public school districts to adopt such a policy was evaluated.

Design: RCT.