Economic evaluation of the US Environmental Protection Agency's SunWise program: sun protection education for young children.

Objective: The SunWise School Program is a school-based sun safety education program that was developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency and aims to teach children how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun. The objectives of this study were to assess the health benefits of the SunWise School Program and use economic analysis to determine the program's net benefits and cost-effectiveness.

Methods: Standard cost/benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis methods were used.