scholarly journals Uso de las TIC para fomentar estilos de vida saludables en niños/as y adolescentes: el caso del sobrepeso = Use of ICT to promote healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents: the case of overweight

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío de Diego-Cordero ◽  
Elena Fernández-García ◽  
Bárbara Badanta Romero
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Control ◽  
Continuous Use

Resumen: Introducción: En la actualidad existen programas de educación que fomentan hábitos de vida saludables para niños/as y adolescentes, pero a pesar de estar demostrado el uso continuado de las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación (TIC) por este sector poblacional, no se incorporan como herramientas para conseguir estos estilos de vida beneficiosos. Objetivo: Mostrar la necesidad de incorporar en programas de educación para la salud para niños/as y adolescentes actividades basadas en el uso de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación como forma de combatir o controlar la obesidad y/o sobrepeso. Material y método: Consultas a libros y acceso a estudios y artículos mediante búsqueda bibliográfica en bases de datos (Scopus, Pubmed y Google Académico), seleccionado finalmente 7 artículos publicados en los últimos cinco años. Resultados: Estudios previos muestran las intervenciones con la población infantil y adolescente y la poca efectividad de las mismas en lo que refiere a educación de hábitos saludables, por no utilizar los métodos adecuados. El uso de TIC en estas intervenciones lleva a resultados más eficaces en la población. Conclusión: Como profesionales de la salud debemos ahondar sobre la comprensión de esta población, ayudando de esta manera a crear tácticas estratégicas que ayuden a utilizar las TIC de una forma razonable, ecuánime y lógica, pero sobre todo saludable.Palabras clave: Programa de salud, Adolescente, Niño, Tecnología de la información, Estilo de vida, Conductas saludables, Obesidad Abstract: Introduction: There are currently education programs that promote healthy lifestyles for children and adolescents, but even do that is demonstrated the continuous use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by this segment of the population, they are not used as tools for achieving these beneficial lifestyles. Objective: To show the need of incorporating activities based on the use of information and communication technologies to combat and control obesity and / or overweight in health education programs for children and adolescents. Material and method: Queries to books and access to studies and articles through bibliographic search in databases (Scopus, Pubmed and Google Scholar), finally selected 7 articles published in the last five years. Results: Previous studies showed the ineffective interventions with the child and adolescent population, in regard to education of healthy habits because of the wrong chose of the appropriate methods. The use of ICT in these interventions, leads to more effective results in the population. Conclusion: As health professionals, we must deepen our understanding of this population, helping to create strategies that help to use ICT in a reasonable, even and logical, but above all healthy way.Keywords: Health program, Adolescent, Child, Information Technology, Lifestyle, Health behaviours, obesity 

scholarly journals SCIENTIFIC BASES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF SECURITY HYGIENIC SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN THE «DIGITAL SCHOOL»

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (12) ◽  
pp. 1385-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav R. Kuchma ◽  
L. M. Sukhareva ◽  
M. I. Stepanova ◽  
P. I. Chramtsov ◽  
I. E. Aleksandrova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Randomized Controlled Studies ◽  
Information And Communication

Introduction. Modern education of children is one of the most rapidly changing systems, actively using modern capabilities of information and communication technologies and e-learning tools. Information and communication technologies increase the load on the visual, auditory analyzers, the nervous system and contribute to the development of overwork in children. The use of digital media is becoming increasingly widespread, not only in school, before and in preschool education. To substantiate the concept and integrated system of the hygienic safety of electronic educational content and children’s life in conditions of hyper-informatization, physiological and hygienic studies are required. Materials and methods. In order to develop the scientific foundations and technologies for ensuring the hygienic safety of children in the “Digital School”, an expert-analytical study was carried out based on the results of representative hygienic observations and non-randomized controlled studies with Contribution of volunteers. Results. Studies of childhood hygiene allowed justifying the modern system of hygiene and health care of children and adolescents in a hyper-informational society, including criteria of the hygienic safety, including in the editorial, intended for children and adolescents; sanitary rules and norms of ensuring the hygienic safety of the new generation; federal recommendations of medical support of students in the conditions of using information and communication technologies; federal guidelines for students ’mental health and well-being; recommendations to the family in the field of ensuring the safety of children’s life in a digital environment; recommendations to producers and distributors of content in the field of ensuring the medical, psychological and pedagogical safety of children’s life, including the age marking of information products; gaming educational and educational programs on the rules for the safe use of children on the Internet; a system for monitoring the effectiveness of hygienic safety policies and protecting children from negative information in a hyper-information society. Conclusion. The developed system and technologies for ensuring the hygienic safety of the “Digital School” are significant for the medical and preventive basis of the health saving of students in the Decade of Childhood in Russia (2018-2027).

Design of an Intelligent Remote Monitoring and Control of Bangladesh Railway Transport System Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Abdullah Al Harun Khan Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Control

In Bangladesh, transport sectors are developing rapidly to meet the increasing demand for transporting passengers and freight inside and outside the country. But there is not such development in railway transport system. The Bangladesh Railway transport system is still using an old technology to monitor and control signalling, scheduling, operations etc. This paper describes various problems in the existing systems and also solutions have been provided considering the existing railway transport systems of Bangladesh. A new system has been developed to control and monitor the total railway transport system from remote locations. While designing the system, various sensors and actuators have been introduced and also Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been applied in the field of railway transport. So a Machatronics aspect of system has been designed to ensure a collision free, safe and efficient operation and management of railway transport system. This system is not only for monitoring and controlling of railway transport but also ensures efficient asset management. As a result face-to-face accidents, cross-road accidents and accidents due to railway line displacements or breakage can be avoided and there will be no loss of assets and valuable human lives.

scholarly journals TYPES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (86) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Tylikina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Forms Of Violence

The level of access to Internet services of children and adolescents has been studied in the article. Children use Internet services the most frequently to play video- or computer games, or to download them; to download information for studying or entertainment, to communicate with the help of different messengers (Skype, iTalk, using a web-camera etc.). There have been studied different forms of violence, faced by children in the information and communication environment: cyber-bulling, grooming, sexual abuse (sexting) etc. There have been analyzed the risks, faced by children in the information and communication environment. It has been discovered that the most widespread are imposing of unnecessary information, interference with a digital device, spreading of false information about children and adolescents, bullying, threats, as well as communication with strangers, leading to unintended consequences. There have been identified pre-conditions and factors of emergence of cyber-bullying and other forms of violence with the use of information and communication technologies. One of the factors that children face a serious danger in the information environment is the irresponsibility of adults as well as their ignorance of the basic rules to provide a child with a safe online environment. There have been studied the most probable illegal actions, used by offenders towards children and adolescents in Internet. There have also been identified consequences for a victim of violence as well as for an offender with the use of information and communication technologies. The victim as well as the offender has low self-esteem, poor mental and physical health, issues with studying and peer communication. There have been suggested the ways to prevent violence against children with the use of information and communication technologies. One of the major objectives of reaction towards violence against children with the use of information and communication technologies has to be not only the creation of an effective system of support and handling of violence cases, but also immediate resolving of legal aspects of prevention and elimination of cyber-bullying and online sexual exploitation of children.

scholarly journals Energy, Carbon and Renewable Energy: Candidate Metrics for Green-aware Routing?

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (13) ◽  
pp. 2901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossain ◽  
Georges ◽  
Rondeau ◽  
Divoux
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Routing Algorithm ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Energy Aware ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Control

There are all sort of indications that Internet usage will go only upwards, resulting in an increase in energy consumption and CO2 emissions. At the same time, a significant amount of this carbon footprint corresponds to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, with around one third being due to networking. In this paper we have approached the problem of green networking from the point of view of sustainability. Here, alongside energy-aware routing, we have also introduced pollution-aware routing with environmental metrics like carbon emission factor and non-renewable energy usage percentage. We have proposed an algorithm based on these three candidate-metrics. Our algorithm provides optimum data and control planes for three different metrics which regulate the usage of different routers and adapt the bandwidth of the links while giving the traffic demand requirements utmost priority. We have made a comparison between these three metrics in order to show their impact on greening routing. The results show that for a particular scenario, our pollution-aware routing algorithm can reduce 36% and 20% of CO2 emissions compared to shortest path first and energy-based solutions, respectively.

Application of ICT in effective crisis management: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 591-606
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Fazeli, PhD ◽  
Azamossadat Hosseini, PhD ◽  
Farkhondeh Asadi, PhD ◽  
Hassan Haghighi, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
And Control ◽  
Crisis Managers

Introduction: Effective crisis management can reduce the costs and consequences of a crisis and has a significant impact on saving human lives in critical situations. Proper use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can improve all crisis management phases and crisis communication cycles according to the needs of stakeholders. The purpose of this review article is to identify which ICTs have been used in effective crisis management and what managerial tasks they support.Method: A systematic review was conducted based on PRISMA protocol. The investigated articles that have been published in English were all indexed in PubMed, Science Direct, IEEE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases from 2005 to 2019. The keywords searched were “Crisis Management,” “Emergency Management,” “Information and Communication Technology,” and their synonyms.Results: A total of 1,703 articles were retrieved, and 81 articles that met the inclusion criteria were retained. In terms of content, there were 54 case studies/review articles, 38 proposals, and seven prototypes among which 18 case studies and proposals were the same. According to surveys, 18 ICT tools and technologies have been used in effective crisis management with the purpose of supporting managerial tasks such as situation assessment, decision-making, coordination/command and control, communication with the public, and supply of basic services in order to enable crisis management and logistics.Conclusion: This study showed that proper use of ICT can help crisis managers optimize their performance that will consequently result in effective crisis management and the reduction of casualties. In the crisis management cycle, several tools and technologies have been used for various purposes, however; some crisis managers’ tasks were still not taken into consideration sufficiently, and thus, some recommendations for further research in this field were provided.

Combating the Exploitation of Children in Cyberspace

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-67
Author(s):  
Amar Yasser El-Bably
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Fast Rate ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have developed at an increasingly fast rate over the last two decades. Recent rapid advances in ICTs have provided both children and adults with benefits and opportunities in terms of socialization, education, and entertainment. In particular, the development of ICTs has provided children and adolescents using the internet and associated technologies with new spaces to interact and form social relationships with others, such as chatrooms, peer-to-peer (P2P) websites, and social networking sites.

In-Service Teachers' Use of ICT for the Promotion of Collaborative Professional Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 287-301
Author(s):  
Ana García-Valcárcel ◽  
Juanjo Mena
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Important Implication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are often rendered as key tools in the promotion of teachers' collaborative learning. Their use enables teachers to complete assignments, solve problems, or create products together. The content of this chapter is based on the information published in a previous research study by the authors. In that study, they aimed at describing teachers' use of ICT towards collaboration from a triple perspective: what they believe (teachers' opinion), what they know (teachers' knowledge), and what they do (teachers' use). A questionnaire and interviews were the instruments to collect data. Some results pointed out that teachers used ICT to promote collaboration on a regular basis, but it is limited to the knowledge they have on particular tools, which is acknowledged to be intermediate. The most important implication for teacher education programs is considering the actual limitations of teachers' knowledge and use of ICT in practice to set a more accurate starting point to promote collaboration through technologies.

scholarly journals Social Autonomy and Heteronomy in the Age of ICT: The Digital Pharmakon and the (Dis)Empowerment of the General Intellect

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Lemmens
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Network ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Social Autonomy ◽  
Network Technologies ◽  
And Control ◽  
General Intellect

Abstract ‘The art of living with ICTs (information and communication technologies)’ today not only means finding new ways to cope, interact and create new lifestyles on the basis of the new digital (network) technologies individually, as ‘consumer-citizens’. It also means inventing new modes of living, producing and, not in the least place, struggling collectively, as workers and producers. As the so-called digital revolution unfolds in the context of a neoliberal cognitive and consumerist capitalism, its ‘innovations’ are predominantly employed to modulate and control both production processes and consumer behavior in view of the overall goal of extracting surplus value. Today, the digital networks overwhelmingly destroy social autonomy, instead engendering increasing social heteronomy and proletarianization. Yet it is these very networks themselves, as technical pharmaka in the sense of French ‘technophilosopher’ Bernard Stiegler, that can be employed as no other to struggle against this tendency. This paper briefly explores this possibility by reflecting upon current diagnoses of our ‘technological situation’ by some exemplary post-operaist Marxists from a Stieglerian, pharmacological perspective.

scholarly journals Children and adolescents in front of screens: a paradigm shift in the relationship and mediation model

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-365
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Ortiz Sobrino ◽  
Carmen Marta Lazo ◽  
José Antonio Gabelas Barroso
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Group Relationships ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reviews the major theories and research that analyze the relationship between children and screens. In addition, the agents which act as mediators that help children in the interpretation of the messages are considered. As a conclusion, it is observed that the new forms of multiscreen access used by children and adolescents have developed new consumption styles and that information and communication technologies (ICT) have resulted in new styles of interpersonal and group relationships. The impact of the multiscreen society should be analyzed in light of the role played by different mediators and by educommunication.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying among University Students: Gendered Experiences, Impacts, and Perspectives

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Faucher ◽  
Margaret Jackson ◽  
Wanda Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Gender Similarities ◽  
Affective Deficits ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
And Control

Cyberbullying is an emerging issue in the context of higher education as information and communication technologies (ICT) increasingly become part of daily life in university. This paper presents findings from 1925 student surveys from four Canadian universities. The overall findings are broken down to determine gender similarities and differences that exist between male and female respondents’ backgrounds, ICT usage, experiences with cyberbullying, opinions about the issue, and solutions to the problem. We also examine the continuities between these findings and those of earlier studies on cyberbullying among younger students. Our findings also suggest that gender differences, which do emerge, provide some support for each of the three theoretical frameworks considered for understanding this issue, that is, relational aggression, cognitive-affective deficits, and power and control. However, none of these three models offers a full explanation on its own. The study thus provides information about cyberbullying behaviour at the university level, which has the potential to inform the development of more appropriate policies and intervention programs/solutions to address the gendered nature of this behaviour.

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