ArticleRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo2020
CHILDREN'S USE OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY.
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The Influence of Interactive Media on Child Development in Children From 24 to 36 Months of Age: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
The Influence of Interactive Media on Child Development in Children From 24 to 36 Months of Age: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Impact of Modifiable Parenting Factors on the Screen Use of Children Five Years or Younger: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
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- Early Years Practitioners' and Public Health Consultants' Perspectives on the Use of Interactive Electronic Devices in Young Children: A Qualitative Study.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- The Dark Side of Multimedia Devices: Negative Consequences for Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Environmental opportunities facilitating cognitive development in preschoolers: development of a multicriteria index.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Article
- The Content, Quality, and Behavior Change Techniques in Nutrition-Themed Mobile Apps for Children in Canada: App Review and Evaluation Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Review
- Benefits and damages of the use of touchscreen devices for the development and behavior of children under 5 years old-a systematic review.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2020Review
- Quality of interactive media use in early childhood and child development: a multicriteria analysis.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the prevalence of interactive media (tablets and smartphones) use by children aged two to four years old, as well as to characterize this use, and investigate habits, practices, parents' participation and opinion about their child's interactive media use.
methodsA cross-sectional study with 244 parents or legal guardians of children enrolled in daycare centers in a small Brazilian municipality was conducted. A questionnaire based on interactive media use and related habits were applied, and economic level was assessed. Children were divided into three different groups according to media use: Group 1 did not use (n=81); Group 2 uses up to 45 min/day (n=83) and Group 3 uses more than 45 min/day (n=80). Then, they were compared with regard to the sociodemographic variables and media use by the Chi-square test and Student's t-test.
resultsThe prevalence of interactive media use was 67.2%, with a mean time of use of 69.2 minutes/day (confidence interval of 95% - 95%CI 57.1-81.2). The activities most performed were watching videos (55%), listening to music (33%) and playing games (28%). Most parents reported allowing media use in order to stimulate their child's development (58.4%), accompanying them during use (75.2%), and limiting media time (86.4%).
conclusionsWe observed high interactive media use prevalence. The predominant way of using these devices was marked by parent-child participation. Most parents reported believing in the benefits of interactive media. Passive activities were more frequent, with restricted time of use.
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