Ponti Michelle
Canadian Paediatric Society, Digital Health Task Force, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Paediatr Child Health. 2023 May 16;28(3):184-202. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxac125. eCollection 2023 Jun.
COVID-19 transformed the family media environment and spurred research on the effects of screen media exposure and use on young children. This update of a 2017 CPS statement re-examines the potential benefits and risks of screen media in children younger than 5 years, with focus on developmental, psychosocial, and physical health. Four evidence-based principles-minimizing, mitigating, mindfully using, and modelling healthy use of screens-continue to guide children's early experience with a rapidly changing media landscape. Knowing how young children learn and develop informs best practice for health care providers and early years professionals (e.g., early childhood educators, child care providers). Anticipatory guidance should now include child and family screen use in (and beyond) pandemic conditions.
新冠疫情改变了家庭媒体环境,并激发了关于屏幕媒体接触和使用对幼儿影响的研究。这份对2017年儿科学会声明的更新重新审视了5岁以下儿童接触屏幕媒体的潜在益处和风险,重点关注发育、心理社会和身体健康方面。四项基于证据的原则——尽量减少、减轻影响、谨慎使用以及树立健康使用屏幕的榜样——继续指导儿童在快速变化的媒体环境中的早期体验。了解幼儿的学习和发展方式有助于为医疗保健提供者和早期教育专业人员(如幼儿教育工作者、儿童保育提供者)提供最佳实践指导。现在,预期性指导应包括在疫情期间(及之后)儿童和家庭的屏幕使用情况。