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School sun safety programmes are recommended by the World Health Organization to reduce the risk of future skin cancer at the population level; however, these are encouraged but not mandated in Wales.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To explore current sun protection practices and sun safety education in primary schools in Wales and whether these are linked to the existence of a formal sun safety policy.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>An online survey to all 1241 Welsh primary schools asking about sun safety practices, education and formal policies was undertaken.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In total, 471 (38.0%) schools responded. A minority (22\/469, 4.7%) of responding schools reported they had sufficient shade for most activities. In the spring and summer terms, almost two-thirds of schools encourage hat wearing (304\/469, 64.8%) and sunscreen (296\/468, 63.2%). Although nearly all schools reported that parents were encouraged to apply sunscreen to students before school (449\/469, 95.7%), there was wide variation in other sunscreen application practices. Less than one-third of schools (129\/445, 29.0%) reported that they include sun protection education in the curriculum in every year group, with 11.7% (52\/445) including this in certain years only. Schools with a formal policy were more likely to report more comprehensive sun protection practices, including having sufficient shade [odds ratio (OR) 1.51, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04\u20132.19; P = 0.03], having spare hats for pupils to wear (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.07\u20132.37; P = 0.02), providing guidance for staff (OR 5.87, 95% CI 3.05\u201311.28; P &amp;lt; 0.001), encouraging them to model sun safe behaviours (OR 1.82, 95% CI 1.18\u20132.80; P = 0.007) and teaching sun protection education as part of the curriculum in every year group (OR 2.56, 95% CI 1.76\u20133.71; P &amp;lt; 0.001). With respect to sunscreen, the existence of a formal policy did not seem to affect a school\u2019s practice.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Although in most cases, the existence of a formal policy suggests more comprehensive sun protection practices and education in schools, sun protection measures and education need improvement across the primary school sector in Wales to reverse rising skin cancer rates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ced\/llae218","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,28]],"date-time":"2024-06-28T18:00:48Z","timestamp":1719597648000},"page":"1582-1590","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Are Welsh primary schools Sunproofed? 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