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Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation
COVID-19 is a significant public health crisis and it has given a major impact especially in the field of education. The situation has forced educators around the world to shift to an online mode of teaching and children are forced to study online at home. The benefits of online learning are undenia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34552905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.700401 |
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description | COVID-19 is a significant public health crisis and it has given a major impact especially in the field of education. The situation has forced educators around the world to shift to an online mode of teaching and children are forced to study online at home. The benefits of online learning are undeniable, but the possible long-term developmental risks of prolonged screen use should not be overlooked. Recent research findings have clearly suggested the negative effects of screen time on the brain development and well-being of our younger generation. Considering the possible long-term developmental risks of prolonged screen use, policy makers should consider appropriate public health policy (e.g., recommendations on screen time) and guideline for the implementations of online learning (e.g., allowing flexibility to suit individual needs). Multidisciplinary collaboration between policy makers, health care professionals, schools, and parents is required to rethink the current situation before it is too late. |
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spelling | pubmed-84503422021-09-21 Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation Wong, Agnes S. K. Front Public Health Public Health COVID-19 is a significant public health crisis and it has given a major impact especially in the field of education. The situation has forced educators around the world to shift to an online mode of teaching and children are forced to study online at home. The benefits of online learning are undeniable, but the possible long-term developmental risks of prolonged screen use should not be overlooked. Recent research findings have clearly suggested the negative effects of screen time on the brain development and well-being of our younger generation. Considering the possible long-term developmental risks of prolonged screen use, policy makers should consider appropriate public health policy (e.g., recommendations on screen time) and guideline for the implementations of online learning (e.g., allowing flexibility to suit individual needs). Multidisciplinary collaboration between policy makers, health care professionals, schools, and parents is required to rethink the current situation before it is too late. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8450342/ /pubmed/34552905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.700401 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wong. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Wong, Agnes S. K. Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation |
title | Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation |
title_full | Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation |
title_fullStr | Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation |
title_full_unstemmed | Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation |
title_short | Prolonged Screen Exposure During COVID-19—The Brain Development and Well-Being Concerns of Our Younger Generation |
title_sort | prolonged screen exposure during covid-19—the brain development and well-being concerns of our younger generation |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34552905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.700401 |
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