Potential Risks of Sedentary Screen Time in Young Lebanese Children

Project description

The research objectives are as follows:
1- To estimate to what extent Lebanese children are being exposed to screen devices
2- To understand the impact of screen devices on young children through their parents' or guardians' lived experiences
3- To include hundreds of Lebanese families in a large survey
4- To generate a survey instrument in English or French
5- To raise awareness and education the Lebanese society about possible immediate and long-term implications of consistent and prolonged exposure of young children to screen devices

Researchers

First name Last name Gender Rank Affiliated Institution Country
Nazir Hawi Male Assistant Professor Notre Dame University – Louaize Lebanon

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Scientific field

Sociology & Anthropology
 

Start Year

2013
 

End Year

2014
 

Social impact

Are you interested in disseminating your research work outside the academic institutions?

No

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No

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