000003114 001__ 3114 000003114 005__ 20250424232816.0 000003114 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/4PQC3G 000003114 037__ $$aIR 000003114 041__ $$aeng 000003114 245__ $$aSkin cancer awareness 000003114 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University 000003114 269__ $$a2018-01-01 000003114 336__ $$aCapstone 000003114 502__ $$gPhysician Assistant (sunsetting) 000003114 520__ $$aAdolescents need to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. Melanoma represents approximately 1 percent of all cancers, but is the most common fatal skin cancer in the United States, causing more than 9,000 annual deaths and contributing to millions of dollars in yearly health care costs for treatment. Healthy People 2020 included skin cancer due to the high incidence of melanoma. All skin cancers have the same basic risk factor of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure. There is a strong public health need as it is widely known that keratinocyte carcinomas, better known as non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC), are the most common type of cancer in the United States. 000003114 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner 000003114 650__ $$aCarcinoma$$016112 000003114 650__ $$aPublic Health$$024885 000003114 650__ $$aSkin Neoplasms$$026054 000003114 650__ $$aMelanoma$$021989 000003114 650__ $$aAdolescent Health$$011180 000003114 650__ $$aAdolescent$$014285 000003114 650__ $$aHealthy People Programs$$035032 000003114 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369 000003114 692__ $$aDivision of Physician Assistant Education$$041465 000003114 7001_ $$aSmith, Megan$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354 000003114 7201_ $$aDrummond Hays, Sarah$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354$$7Personal$$eAdvisor 000003114 7201_ $$aBowden, Patrick$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354$$7Personal$$eAdvisor 000003114 8564_ $$9cdb8a0bb-4543-4360-8af1-4a3d4c0eeca7$$s144491$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3114/files/4077_etd.pdf$$ePublic$$2e1dbb103c9ddc024ffa2f1e5c70f354e$$31 000003114 905__ $$a/rest/prod/jd/47/2w/68/jd472w684 000003114 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:3114$$pstudent-work 000003114 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations