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This study evaluates the potential role of early acne education in young adolescent populations to improve acne health literacy and facilitate help\u2010seeking behavior.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Acne Education Project is a Canadian medical student\u2010led initiative founded to create evidence\u2010based resources to increase acne health literacy. A 45\u2010min interactive Zoom presentation on acne was created and delivered to 2292 students ages 9\u201313 in British Columbia, Canada. A quality improvement survey was administered pre\u2010intervention, immediate post\u2010intervention, and 1\u2010month post\u2010intervention to evaluate baseline acne knowledge and knowledge retention to guide presentation and resource development.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Responses from 676 unique individuals were collected. Analysis using linear mixed\u2010effects models demonstrated that respondents were significantly more confident in their general knowledge of acne, strategies to prevent acne, identification of psychosocial sequelae of acne, and more willing to seek help immediately post\u2010intervention (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). Differences in scores were not fully preserved in magnitude at the 1\u2010month post\u2010intervention assessment. However, students still scored significantly higher in all categories compared to the pre\u2010intervention baseline (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings suggest that early acne education can improve acne health literacy and promote help\u2010seeking behavior<jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic> Given the potential long\u2010term implications, further research is needed to explore the long\u2010term impact of early acne education and the benefit of integrating acne education into the public education curriculum in Canada.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/pde.15472","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,29]],"date-time":"2023-11-29T15:54:41Z","timestamp":1701273281000},"page":"51-57","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Acne Education Project: An educational initiative to improve 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