The Journal of Sleep and Environments
Online ISSN : 2758-8890
Print ISSN : 1340-8275
Review Article
Sleep and Screen Media Usage
- How to Tackle these Problems from Infancy through Adolescence -
Yasunori Oka
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2020 Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 38-44

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Abstract
Sleep is vital for health and growth of children and adolescents. Sleep in early life changes dramatically with physiological development and also with influence from family and surrounding environments. It has also been emphasized that increasing use of screen media and games are impacting on sleep in children. Considering the role of caregivers in establishing good sleep hygiene in children and adolescents, sleep education need to target not only the children but also the caregivers. In this review, update about sleep, screen media and game usage are summarized and guidelines related to screen media use in infancy was explained. Based on the recent understanding of the above issues, how sleep education can tackle these problems from early childhood through adolescence was discussed.
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