Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(2):117-120 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.021

Technologies and children: current recommendations for pediatricians and a summary of practical tools for screening and primary prevention

Mgr. Michaela Slussareff, Ph.D.1,2, Mgr. Kateřina Lukavská, Ph.D.3
1 Ústav informačních studií a knihovnictví, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Praha
2 Katedra Komunikace a médií, University of New York in Prague, Praha
3 Katedra psychologie, Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Praha

The article presents and analyzes current recommendations concerning children's use of digital technologies (or screens). Based on these recommendations, the article proposes tools for screening and primary prevention of risky use of screens in the pediatric office. The screening tools are divided according to age categories into (1) recommendations for the youngest children (0-5 years), (2) recommendations for younger school age (6-10 years) and (3) recommendations for older school age and adolescents (11+).

Keywords: technology, screens, infants, toddlers, preschoolers, schoolchildren, adolescents, screening, primary prevention.

Published: April 29, 2021  Show citation

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Slussareff M, Lukavská K. Technologies and children: current recommendations for pediatricians and a summary of practical tools for screening and primary prevention. Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(2):117-120. doi: 10.36290/ped.2021.021.
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