Spotlight On: Depicting Sun Safety and Skin Cancer Prevention

Many people forget the importance of sun safety on the playground, during physical education class, and when kids are just playing outside. It only takes ONE sunburn in childhood to increase one’s risk of being diagnosed with skin cancer later in life. By utilizing your characters as models for safe sun habits during the school year, audiences will be more likely to imitate these behaviors in real life and start the conversation about sun safety with their kids at home.

Remember these tips as you send your characters back to school:

• Consider having one of your characters implement a school-wide sun safety campaign encouraging people to wear sun screen.
• During scenes focusing on locker room gossip, think about showing your characters applying sun-screen as they are getting ready for Phys Ed.
• Don’t forget those teachers and coaches, make sure they are wearing wide-brimmed hats and sunglasses while outside supervising.