Beck Amy L, Takayama John, Badiner Nora, Halpern-Felsher Bonnie
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2015 May;26(2):463-74. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0037.
To determine Latino parents' beliefs regarding the effects of television viewing on infants and toddlers.
We conducted interviews with 26 Latino parents of infants and toddlers. We evaluated parents' beliefs about the health effects of television viewing, sources of information on this topic and facilitators and barriers to following the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) screen-time guidelines.
Parents believed that television viewing was educational for children but were concerned that watching television could worsen children's vision. Parents would be motivated to limit television viewing by children if it were recommended by a health care provider. Most parents were confident that they could limit their children's television viewing, although some perceived logistical challenges to following guidelines.
Parents in our study had limited knowledge of the effects of television. Counseling on television by health care providers for Latino parents may decrease Latino infants and toddlers' television exposure.
确定拉丁裔父母对婴幼儿看电视影响的看法。
我们对26名拉丁裔婴幼儿父母进行了访谈。我们评估了父母对看电视对健康影响的看法、关于该主题的信息来源以及遵循美国儿科学会（AAP）屏幕时间指南的促进因素和障碍。
父母认为看电视对孩子有教育作用，但担心看电视会损害孩子的视力。如果医疗保健提供者建议限制孩子看电视，父母会有动力这样做。大多数父母相信他们可以限制孩子看电视，尽管一些人意识到遵循指南存在后勤方面的挑战。
我们研究中的父母对电视影响的了解有限。医疗保健提供者为拉丁裔父母提供关于电视的咨询可能会减少拉丁裔婴幼儿看电视的时间。
