 A 20-page guide that explores current research on media influences on the health and well-being of children and adolescents and offers practical suggestions for the integration of media awareness into the practice setting.
Printed versions of this guide may be obtained by contacting the Media Awareness Network.
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 A standardized age-appropriate media history tool to help health practitioners identify potential risk areas associated with a patient’s media use.
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 A parent handout with advice for managing children’s media use. This tipsheet can be photocopied and made available to parents in a health-care setting.
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Paediatrics & Child Health journal articles
The following articles on media influences on children and adolescents are from the CPS’s Paediatrics & Child Health Journal, Vol 8 No 5 May/June 2003:
Understanding and challenging media’s influence on the health and well-being of children and youth
Simon Davidson MB BCh FRCPC, Arlette Lefebvre MD FRCPC DCP OOn CM, Patricia Morris MD CCFPC,Peter Nieman MD FRCPC, Catherine Swift BA
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Parental knowledge of their children’s Internet use
Catherine Swift BA, Anne Taylor BA BEd
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Anne M Morris MBBS MPH FRACP1, Debra K Katzman MD FRCPC2
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Guy Paquette Ph. D.
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Christina Grant MD FRCPC
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