Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience
Creating social and physical environments that promote good health is a key component of a social determinants approach. For the parents of young children, a smartphone offers opportunities for social networking, photography and multi-tasking. Understanding the relationship between supervision, mobi...
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| author | Bury, Keira Jancey, Jonine Leavy, Justine |
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| description | Creating social and physical environments that promote good health is a key component of a social determinants approach. For the parents of young children, a smartphone offers opportunities for social networking, photography and multi-tasking. Understanding the relationship between supervision, mobile phone use and injury in the playground setting is essential. This research explored parent mobile device use (MDU), parent-child interaction in the playground, parent attitudes and perceptions towards MDU and strategies used to limit MDU in the playground. A mixed-methods approach collected naturalistic observations of parents of children aged 0-5 (n = 85) and intercept interviews (n = 20) at four metropolitan playgrounds in Perth, Western Australia. Most frequently observed MDU was scrolling (75.5%) and telephone calls (13.9%). Increased duration of MDU resulted in a reduction in supervision, parent-child play and increased child injury potential. The camera function offered the most benefits. Strategies to prevent MDU included turning to silent mode, wearing a watch and environmental cues. MDU was found to contribute to reduced supervision of children, which is a risk factor for injury. This is an emerging area of injury prevention indicating a need for broader strategies addressing the complex interplay between the social determinants and the developmental younger years. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-827282021-03-16T07:52:03Z Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience Bury, Keira Jancey, Jonine Leavy, Justine Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Pediatrics social determinants children child-play mobile phone injury supervision DEVICE USE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS CHILD-DEVELOPMENT YOUNG-CHILDREN SUPERVISION HEALTH PLAY Creating social and physical environments that promote good health is a key component of a social determinants approach. For the parents of young children, a smartphone offers opportunities for social networking, photography and multi-tasking. Understanding the relationship between supervision, mobile phone use and injury in the playground setting is essential. This research explored parent mobile device use (MDU), parent-child interaction in the playground, parent attitudes and perceptions towards MDU and strategies used to limit MDU in the playground. A mixed-methods approach collected naturalistic observations of parents of children aged 0-5 (n = 85) and intercept interviews (n = 20) at four metropolitan playgrounds in Perth, Western Australia. Most frequently observed MDU was scrolling (75.5%) and telephone calls (13.9%). Increased duration of MDU resulted in a reduction in supervision, parent-child play and increased child injury potential. The camera function offered the most benefits. Strategies to prevent MDU included turning to silent mode, wearing a watch and environmental cues. MDU was found to contribute to reduced supervision of children, which is a risk factor for injury. This is an emerging area of injury prevention indicating a need for broader strategies addressing the complex interplay between the social determinants and the developmental younger years. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82728 10.3390/children7120284 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Pediatrics social determinants children child-play mobile phone injury supervision DEVICE USE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS CHILD-DEVELOPMENT YOUNG-CHILDREN SUPERVISION HEALTH PLAY Bury, Keira Jancey, Jonine Leavy, Justine Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience |
| title | Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience |
| title_full | Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience |
| title_fullStr | Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience |
| title_short | Parent Mobile Phone Use in Playgrounds: A Paradox of Convenience |
| title_sort | parent mobile phone use in playgrounds: a paradox of convenience |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Pediatrics social determinants children child-play mobile phone injury supervision DEVICE USE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS CHILD-DEVELOPMENT YOUNG-CHILDREN SUPERVISION HEALTH PLAY |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82728 |