Brandyn Churchill, assistant professor of resource economics at UMass Amherst, is co-author of a study that is the first to examine state-level"SUNucate" laws, which permit students to applyat school and wear sun-protective clothing even if it does not conform to school dress codes. In some cases, the laws also include health class curricula on skin cancer prevention.
The paper,"State SUNucate Laws, the popularity of Google Searches for Terms Related to Sun Protection, and Youth Sunscreen Use," is published in the journaland use of sunscreen, with no discernable downside," Churchill says. Because the federal Food and Drug Administration considers sunscreen an over-the-counter drug, many states have prohibited students from carrying and applying sunscreen in school as part of broader medication bans. In these states, students wishing to use sunscreen at school might have to obtain a note from a physician and apply it in front of a school nurse.
To overcome this barrier, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association assembled a coalition of more than 50 stakeholders, crafting model SUNucate legislation to create a specific exception for sunscreen use in schools. The number of states that have adopted policies based on the model language has grown from one in 2013 to 27 this year.
Churchill and his co-authors find SUNucate laws are associated with increased Google searches related to sun protection. For example, search popularity for"sunscreen" increased by an average of 27.2% in states that enacted SUNucate laws compared to
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