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Health Promotion Essay

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Skin cancer
National Skin Care awareness Campaign
•between 95 and 99% of skin cancers are caused by exposure to the sun •GPs have over 1 million patient consultations per year for skin cancer The campaign was designed to educate Australian teenagers aged 14-17 years about the seriousness of, and how much they are vulnerable to skin cancer, and increase the awareness of the five k...

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