From skin cancer to melanoma and cataract, the diseases linked to sun overexposure are a major health issue. That’s why, in 2005, WHO Collaborating Center Sécurité Solaire (Sun Safety) created Living with the Sun, a pluri-annual program for solar education in France. Under the auspices of French Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot and Education Minister Xavier [...]
After doubling its number of members in 2007, nearly 6000 new teachers joined the Living with the Sun program in 2008. More than 900 teachers have already completed a survey to determine the exact number of pupils who effectively took part in the program, the number of sessions and the opinion of every teachers involved. [...]
Last year, we conducted a survey of the Living with the sun program. The results were extremely encouraging : 100% of the teachers found the program well-conceived, the progression easy to set up (95%) and interesting (100%). According to the poll, 98% of the pupils responded to the program.
ABOUT LIVING WITH THE SUN
Living with the Sun is an education program created to raise the pupils awareness about sun issues.
The program is run by french association La Sécurité Solaire (Sun Safety), a WHO Collaborating Centre for Sun Education.
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