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- Teachers can download curriculum resources and policy templates.
Here is a guide to popular topics
Skin cancer
Provides an overview of the disease, types of skin cancer, risk factors, early detection and treatment.
UV
A useful section for understanding UV and factors affecting UV levels. There's information about the health risks of too much and too little UV exposure, including sunburn and how to use the SunSmart UV Alert to guide your daily sun protection.
Sun protection
Each of the five sun protection steps is closely examined to reveal tips for choosing and using measures to prevent skin cancer. The section looks at when it is safe to be outside without sun protection and places where people most often get sunburnt. There is also information about tanning and solariums.
About us
This section gives an overview of SunSmart as a health promotion program. It covers our aims, history, achievements, future directions and the research and evaluation activities underpinning our work.
Facts and stats at a glance
Find the 10 most often quoted statistics and facts.
News and media
View current and past media campaigns and read current media articles.
Vitamin D
How much sun is enough? This section explores the need to balance the risk of skin cancer from too much sun exposure with maintaining adequate vitamin D levels.
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