Impacts of Parental Technoference on Parent-Child Relationships and Child Health and Developmental Outcomes: A Scoping Review Protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay ◽  
Jelena Komanchuk ◽  
K. Alix Hayden ◽  
Nicole Letourneau
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
Research Studies

Abstract Background: With increases in the use of technological devices worldwide, parental technoference is a potential threat to quality of parent-child relationships and children’s health and development. Parental technoference refers to disrupted interactions between a parent and child due to a parent’s use of a technological device. The aim of this scoping review is to map, describe and summarize existing evidence from published research studies on the impacts of parental technoference on parent-child relationships and children’s health and development and to identify limitations in the studies and gaps in the literature. Methods: This scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. A search for relevant research studies will be undertaken in APA PsycInfo, MEDLINE, Central, Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews, JBI EBP and Embase (OVID). CINAHL (Ebsco) and Scopus will also be searched. Grey and popular literature will be excluded. This review will include primary research studies and review papers published in English with no time limit that identify the impacts of technoference on parent-child relationships and child health and developmental outcomes. Parent participants include primary caregivers, either biological, adopted or foster parents, of children under the age of 18 who engage in technoference. Two reviewers will independently screen titles, abstracts and full texts of studies according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Disagreements will be resolved through discussion with a third researcher. Data will be extracted into a data charting table including; author(s), year of publication, country, research aim, methodology/design, population and sample size, variables/concepts and corresponding measures and main results. Data will be presented in tables and figures accompanied by a narrative summary. Discussion: The goal of this scoping review is to present an overview of the evidence on impacts of parental technoference on parent-child relationships and child and health developmental outcomes, highlighting the current risk of children of today. It will identify gaps in the literature, inform future research, advise recommendations for parents on technological device use and possibly guide the development of interventions aimed at addressing parental technoference. Systematic review registration: Open Science Framework (10.17605/OSF.IO/QNTS5)

Intentional interprofessional leadership in maternal and child health

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Romer McGrath ◽  
Devon R. Bacso ◽  
Jennifer G. Andrews ◽  
Sydney A. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Child Health

Purpose This paper aims to describe an interprofessional leadership training program curriculum implemented by a new maternal and child health leadership training program, its collaboration with a well-established leadership consortium, the measures taken to evaluate this training and implications for other leadership programs. Design/methodology/approach The intentional leadership program weaves together the complementary core threads to create strong sets of skills in the areas of personal leadership, leading and influencing others and creating effective interprofessional partnerships with others around women and children’s health. Findings The strong emphasis on the incorporation of leadership competencies coupled with evidence-based leadership training strengthens students’ clinical skills, enhances workforce development and increases interdisciplinary health care practices. Research limitations/implications The findings presented in this paper are limited to self-reported changes in understanding components of leadership skills for self, others and the wider community and attitudes and beliefs related to interdisciplinary training and interprofessional team decision-making. Social implications The in-depth focus on one’s self, teams and on the wider community enhances each individual’s grasp of how people and organizations approach women and children’s health challenges and strengthens their ability to negotiate among the diverse disciplines and cultures. Originality/value This paper details the intentional incorporation of leadership skill development throughout an academic program and brings to focus the importance of thoughtful leadership development to prepare participants to anticipate, manage and take advantage of changes in knowledge and health care delivery systems.

scholarly journals Impact of Female Employment and Education on Child Health Care: A Case Study of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Mrs. Fouzia ◽  
Durdana Qaiser Gillani ◽  
Shahbaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
And Child Health

The majority of the females become a part of the labour force to share the burden of families in Pakistan, and they contribute to the cost of their children's health care. This issue is highlighted in this study. This research focuses on females’ education and their involvement in the labour market and child health care in Pakistan. The activities that affect the health of children are analysed here by using time use survey data. The ordinary least squares regression technique is used to find an association of female related and household related variables and their child health care. The results reveal that female’s age and employment affect child health care negatively. However, female’s age square and child health care are positively related. Moreover, the mother’s educational grade dummies, assets of family and family size positively affect the child's health care. The study concludes that mature females provide better care to their children's health. However, employed females have less time to care for their child's health. Those females who belong to the joint family system can better look after their children due to their share of household responsibilities. In addition, educated and financially strong females provide better health care to their children. The study suggests that lower-cost care centers can make the high participation of females in the labour market. Moreover, mothers should give too much time to their children for better care. There is a severe need for improvement of the higher education of females so that they can better utilize their education in caring for their children.

Understanding ParentCorps’ Essential Elements for Building Adult Capacity to Support Young Children’s Health and Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-72
Author(s):  
Spring Dawson-McClure ◽  
Dana Rhule ◽  
Kai-ama Hamer ◽  
Esther Calzada ◽  
Bukky Kolawole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Elements ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Health And Development

scholarly journals Representing anxious parents in China: A study of Parenting Science magazine 1980–2016

2019 ◽  
pp. 136754941985682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian (Sarah) Gong
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Parental Practices ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Sociology Of Health ◽  
Science Magazine ◽  
Anxious Parenting

This article analyses the representation of parental practices in Parenting Science, the first and longest running parenting magazine published in China since 1980. Drawing on Foucault’s work on governmentality and biopolitics as well as their current development in cultural studies and sociology of health, this article critically investigates the cultural frames that surround parental practices relating to the health and development of young children. It explores how issues of medicalisation, intensive parenting, responsibility and self-management are represented in the magazine, ‘reflecting’ as well as ‘reinforcing’ dominant cultural ideas of parenting and childrearing in China. Based on a qualitative content analysis of 2295 items from 37 issues of the magazine (1980–2016), including editorials, feature stories, standard articles, Q&As, adverts and other short items, this article has identified three major frames of parental practices in monitoring and facilitating children’s health, development and wellbeing: (1) the medicalisation of children’s health problems, (2) the rise of expert authority and (3) the responsibilisation of parents. This article argues that these frames underpin the construction of an intensive and anxious parenting culture in China and serve as powerful tools of biopolitical control.

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