Screen-Time and Health in Children and Adolescents
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Children's Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 44934
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pediatric health; motor development; physical activity; childhood obesity; screen-time; policy
Interests: childhood obesity; e-/mHealth; physical activity; exergames; telehealth; screen-time
Interests: physical activity; movement assessment; motor competence; interventions; children and adolescents
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites contributions from across the spectrum of health (psychological, behavioral, and physiological) to examine the relationship between screen-time and health in children and adolescents. Children and adolescents are spending an increasing amount of their time using screen-based devices. Screens serve a variety of functions for youth, ranging from a sedentary, entertainment pastime to a way to interact with friends and family, play games, connect to educational programs or seek information, communicate with healthcare providers, engage in physical activity, among others. Previous literature has focused on the impact of the duration of screen-time on psychological, behavioral, and health factors including obesity, nutrition, academic outcomes, depressive symptoms, social-emotional delays, executive functioning, and motor skills. More work is needed to investigate if there are differential effects of screens based on the modality or platform, if there are potential positive implications to screen usage (e.g., through mHealth interventions and eLearning platforms), and to what degree screens may pose a risk to children.
This Special Issue is open to original research, review articles, short reports, brief commentaries, case reports, and meta-analyses related to screen-time and a myriad of health outcomes. This Special Issue aims to investigate the intersection of screen-time and health in children and adolescents, allowing both observational data (with a preference for longitudinal cohorts) as well as interventions designed to alter screen usage, deliver health information, or shape health behaviors via screens. We hope to attract studies that investigate a wide range of health behaviors to better understand the diverse role screens play in the health and development of children and adolescents.
Dr. E. Kipling Webster
Dr. Amanda Staiano
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Duncan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- screen-time
- child health
- adolescent health
- physical activity
- nutrition
- obesity
- exergaming
- television
- social media
- eHealth
- mHealth
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