Challenges in changing sun protection behaviors in children and adolescents

Abstract Better communication between families, schools, communities, and clinicians is critical for improved skin cancer prevention initiatives for children and adolescents. Contributions from research in this area, as exemplified by the two studies in this special issue, will help shape priorities for future sun protection research and will be useful in generating evidence-based policy to support sun safety for children and reduce their future skin cancer risk. A coordinated effort between parents, schools, communities, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers is necessary to promote skin cancer prevention initiatives for children and adolescents.