Resumen de Linguistic Acculturation and Skin Cancer-Related Behaviors Among Hispanics in the Southern and Western United States

Elliot J. Coups, Jerod L. Stapleton, Shawna V. Hudson

• Objective To examine the association between linguistic acculturation (assessed using the Language Use and Linguistic Preference subscales from the Bidimensional Acculturation Scale for Hispanics) and skin cancer-related behaviors among US Hispanic adults to determine whether, compared with Hispanics denoted as Spanish-acculturated, English-acculturated Hispanics would report less frequent shade seeking and use of sun protective clothing and higher rates of sunscreen use, sunbathing, and indoor tanning.

  Design Online survey study conducted in September 2011.

  Setting Five southern and western US states.

  Participants A population-based sample of 788 Hispanic adults drawn from a nationally representative web panel.

  Main Outcome Measures Self-reported sunscreen use, shade seeking, use of sun protective clothing, sunbathing, and indoor tanning.