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Table 1. Paraben-Free & Me intervention design.

Focus of instruction	Learning goal
Parabens 101: What they are and why they’re used in cosmetics?	Knowledge
The truth about parabens: What’s the worst they can do?	Risk perception
Can switching to paraben-free personal care products improve your health?	Health beliefs
Are you sure of what you’re putting on your skin? Learn how to check the ingredients of your personal care products.	Knowledge
How to decode and understand product labels and websites for healthier choices?	Knowledge
How to identify paraben-free personal care products and make the switch: tips and tricks for healthier shopping?	Paraben-free PCP behaviour

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PCP: personal care product.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Women’s Healthy Environments Network for their ongoing consultations throughout this project.

Author contributions

GDM: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. CB: Supervision, Conceptualization, Resources, Software, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. Both authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

Ethics approval for this research was received from the Ontario Tech University Research Ethics Board on 05 October 2023 [REB#17494] and complies with the Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets from this study are available from the corresponding author, Graziella De Michino, upon request.

Funding

This study was funded by the SSHRC Small Grants Program 2023-Ignite Stream (Grant number not available). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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