Sun Safe BC is a provincial sun safety coalition with members involved in sun safety and skin cancer prevention work. Coordinated and administered by us, the coalition works collaboratively to reduce the risk of exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV) and its damaging effects.
We do this through policy and health protection measures, and by providing health promotion messaging and education to people in B.C., with a particular focus on infants, children and youth.
CAPACITY FOR ACTION - Strengthen capacity among priority population service providers and educators.
SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS - Create and strengthen supportive environments to limit exposure to UV radiation.
POLICY & DECISION MAKING – Inform decision making and seek to influence sun safe policies, advancing toward provincial policy creation or amendments when and where possible.
ATTITUDE, KNOWLEDGE & BEHAVIOUR - Influence and improve attitudes, knowledge and behaviour around sun safety and develop individual skills to keep healthy and avoid UV radiation damage.
