Table 2 Topics of BSAC modules
From: Be smart against cancer! A school-based program covering cancer-related risk behavior
| Module | Topic | Methods and content |
|---|---|---|
| What is cancer? | Cancer development | Class discussion about student’s knowledge of cancer; information about cancer development on cell level |
| Cancer treatment | Information on chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery | |
| Risk factors | Information about the ones capable of being influenced such as smoking and alcohol and the ones not capable of being influenced such as age | |
| Sun protection | Positive and negative effects of UV-radiation | Information about Vitamin D production on one hand, elevated risk of skin damage and ultimately skin cancer on the other hand; discussion about these effects |
| Skin types | Interactive animation: Students check their own skin type and their associated need for sun protection | |
| ABCD-Check for Melanoma | Information and training of ABCD-rules | |
| Sun protection guidelines | Short video and role-play: Information and trainings of sun protection; discussion about attitudes towards sun-protection | |
| Non smoking | Effects of smoking on one’s health and other important facts about smoking | Information about effects of smoking; a class discussion about own/friend’s/families smoking experiences of each student and evaluation of its associated risks |
| Reasons for non-smoking | Group work: Finding individual reasons for non-smoking, then adding further reasons out of a list together as a group | |
| Physical activity, Healthy nutrition and Limited alcohol consumption | Physical activity | Short quiz: How long do we have to be physically active? |
| Pantomime (3 students show forms of physical activity for the other students to guess): This is physical activity already? | ||
| Handy exercises for in-classroom time: How can I be physically active in school? | ||
| Healthy nutrition | The food pyramid for kids: Students fill in the different steps of the pyramid | |
| Classroom game: Right and wrong statements on nutrition | ||
| Group-work: Healthy eating for a week – not difficult at all | ||
| Short video on healthy nutrition: Summing it up | ||
| Limited alcohol consumption | Information and discussion: Alcohol as risk factor for cancer |