"Social Media Use and Indoor Tanning among a National Sample of Young Adult NonHispanic White Women: A Cross-Sectional Study" by Jerod L. Stapleton

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Social Media Use and Indoor Tanning among a National Sample of Young Adult NonHispanic White Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Jerod L. Stapleton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Joel J. Hillhouse, East Tennessee State University
Elliot J. Coups, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sherry L. Pagoto, University of Massachusetts Medical School

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7-1-2016

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Online social media sites are increasingly used in public health efforts1 and may represent a valuable avenue to target messages discouraging use of indoor tanning (IT) beds to young women, a group with high levels of engagement in social media and the highest rates of IT.2 This study aimed to examine the association between use of social media sites and IT behavior.

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Jerod L. Stapleton, Joel J. Hillhouse, Elliot J. Coups and Sherry L. Pagoto. "Social Media Use and Indoor Tanning among a National Sample of Young Adult NonHispanic White Women: A Cross-Sectional Study" Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Vol. 75 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 218 - 220 ISSN: 0190-9622
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joel-hillhouse/15/