My First Phone: Smartphones Android for Kids

Anybody can question the advantages of a kid having and starting to use a mobile phone. Nevertheless, from a certain age parents consider the use of mobile phones by kids quite useful. The mobile phone allows an easy communication between parents and children and permits child control. Furthermore, nowadays some Android smartphones have affordable prices that can bring new technologies and other opportunities to this domain. In this paper we present a system, that includes several new easy to use applications but with a set of advanced parent control features, to adapt the phone for child use and to minimize the risks.

Parental health literacy and nutrition literacy affect child feeding practices: A cross-sectional study

Background: Health literacy (HL) and nutrition literacy (NL) are important issues to consider, in the provision of health care to children and the establishment of healthy eating behaviors. Aim: The study investigates the possible role of HL and NL levels of Greek parents, in parental Feeding Practices (PFP). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which was conducted in the urban area of the Attica region, Greece. The sample consisted of 402 parents (68.4% mothers). Parents completed the Greek version of Comprehensive Parental Feeding Questionnaire, the European Health Literacy Questionnaire 47 and the Greek version of the Nutrition Literacy Scale. Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics were also assessed. The non-parametric tests Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis, the chi-square test and linear regression models were applied. Results: The median for HL and NL were 33.69 and 24.00, respectively. Mothers applied the “child control” practice more frequently than fathers ( p = 0.015). Linear regression analysis revealed that HL was associated positively with “healthy eating guidance” and “monitoring” ( p = 0.009 and p < 0.0001, respectively) and negatively with “emotion regulation/food as reward” and “child control” ( p = 0.037 and p = 0.015, respectively). NL was associated positively only with “healthy eating guidance” ( p = 0.009), positively but marginally with “monitoring” ( p = 0.051) and negatively with “emotion regulation/food as reward” ( p = 0.020). Conclusions: Higher parental levels of HL and NL are significantly positively associated with better parental feeding practices in Greece.

Does Examining the Childhood Food Experiences Help to Better Understand Food Choices in Adulthood?

Impact of parental feeding practices on children’s eating behaviors is well-documented in the literature. Nevertheless, little is known about how many of these behaviors might persist into adulthood. There is a lack of a tool measuring childhood feeding experiences recollected by adults, while the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) is used to measure parental feeding practices applied towards children. The aim of the study was to adapt the CFPQ to measure adults’ recollections of their childhood (5–10 years old) feeding experiences, to examine its discriminant validity and then to assess if these practices are related to adults’ food choices. In 2020, the modified version of CFPQ (mCFPQ) and questions on current food consumption were administered in a group of 500 adults twice over a two-week interval. The analysis included 443 participants whose questionnaires were correctly completed in both stages of the study. The Q-sorting procedure was used to test for discriminant validity of the questionnaire, i.e., confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach’s alpha, correlations coefficients, and the analysis of the differences between groups according to the intake of certain food products. Test–retest reliability was examined by calculating interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for each obtained factor. As a result of EFA, five subscales were identified: “Restrictions”, “Healthy Eating Guidance”, “Pressure and Food Reward”, “Monitoring”, and “Child Control”. Items from these subscales created a new tool—Adults’ Memories of Feeding in Childhood (AMoFiC). Test for internal consistency, factor correlations, and discriminant validity proved satisfactory psychometric parameters of AMoFiC. “Pressure and Food Reward” and “Child Control” were associated with higher intake of sweets and salty snacks, whereas “Healthy Eating Guidance”, “Monitoring”, and “Restrictions” were associated with higher consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Despite the fact that the AMoFiC questionnaire requires further research, the findings of the study might be of practical use in counseling addressed to the parents.

Studi Pengetahuan Orang Tua tentang Gawai dan Pemberian Gawai pada Anak Usia 9-12 Tahun

Improved technological developments can be felt throughout societies that can have a positive and negative effect. A parent’s knowledge will make the decision to give the child in charge. The purpose of this research is to describe the knowledge of parents about the gawais and the provision of gawais in children aged 9-12 years. The type of research used is quantitative descriptive. The population is a parent of elementary school students from Negeri Wonorejo 2 subdistrict of Semarang district. The number of respondents was 83 randomly picked people (random sampling). Collection of research data using questionnaires that have been tested for validity and reusability. The results showed that 55.4% of respondents knew about the function of gawais and 42.2% of respondents gave the child a gawai. From respondents who give the device only 19.4% that gives the child restrictions. The use of gawais provided by respondents is for entertainment, communication and for child control.

Management of Palatal Fracture and Airway Challenge in A Child — A Red Flag

Airway managements in maxillofacial fracture patients are complex and crucial. Trauma to the maxillofacial region may cause hemorrhage, swelling which may lead to pulmonary aspiration and airway obstruction. Airway managements in maxillofacial fracture patients are complex and crucial. Besides being uncooperative, presence of fractures and soft tissue injuries posed challenges in managing pediatric patient who already have smaller airway opening. This condition is an important red flag which required extra caution from the treating clinicians. A 6-year-old boy was involved in a road traffic accident and presented with profuse bleeding from the oral cavity and nostrils. Physical examination showed oozing of blood with step deformity of the midpalate. Multiple attempts in intubation resulted in failure before succeeding with the aid of suction devices. After intubation was done, intraoral bleeding was successfully managed with transpalatal wiring and nasal packing. The patient was ventilated in the intensive care unit and was extubated two days later. He was discharged well from hospital after one week of admission. Airway management is a rush against time, particularly in a pediatric patient suffering from a palatal fracture. The need for helping hands for suction and child control must be emphasized to ensure the patient’s survival.

What’s the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline

ObjectiveTo characterise parent presentations of fussy eating and mealtime interactions at a point of crisis, through analyses of real-time recordings of calls to a parenting helpline.DesignQualitative analysis included an inductive thematic approach to examine clinical parent presentations of fussy eating and derive underlying themes relating to mealtime interactions.SettingCalls made to the Child Health Line regarding feeding concerns were recorded and transcribed verbatim.SubjectsFrom a corpus of 723 calls made during a 4-week period in 2009, twelve were from parents of children aged 6–48 months.ResultsParents of infants (≤12 months, n 6) presented feeding concerns as learning challenges in the process of transitioning from a milk-based to a solid-based diet, while parents of toddlers (13–48 months, n 6) presented emotional accounts of feeding as an intractable problem. Parents presented their child’s eating behaviour as a battle (conflict), in which their children’s agency over limited intake and variety of foods (child control) was constructed as ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’. Escalating parent anxiety (parent concern) had evoked parent non-responsive feeding practices or provision of foods the child preferred.ConclusionsReal-time descriptions of young children’s fussy eating at a time of crisis that initiated parents’ call for help have captured the highly charged emotional underpinnings of mealtime interactions associated with fussy eating. Importantly, they show the child’s emerging assertion of food autonomy can escalate parents’ emotional distress that, in the short term, initiates non-responsive feeding practices. The current study identifies the importance of educational and emotional support for parents across the period of introducing solids.

Associations between parental feeding practices, problem food behaviours and dietary intake in New Zealand overweight children aged 4–8 years

ObjectiveParents report that children’s eating behaviours are a major barrier to providing them with a healthy diet. Links between problem eating behaviours and parental feeding practices are not well established and have not previously been examined in overweight children. The aim of the present study was to assess associations between problem food behaviours, dietary intake and parental feeding practices of overweight children aged 4–8 years.DesignParticipants were recruited for a lifestyle intervention (n 203). At baseline, children’s BMI was measured and parents completed comprehensive questionnaires about the feeding practices they used, the problem food behaviours their children exhibited and the foods their child consumed. A fussy eating scale was developed and associations were determined using correlations and regression analysis, including interactions.SettingDunedin, New Zealand.SubjectsOverweight children aged 4–8 years.ResultsHealthy eating guidance and monitoring by parents were related to the consumption of fewer unhealthy foods (B=−0·4, P=0·001 and B=−0·4, P<0·001). Conversely, a lack of parental control (child control) was related to a higher intake of unhealthy foods (B = 0·5, P<0·001). Parents of children who were fussy eaters monitored their child’s food intake less (P<0·001) and allowed the child more freedom over what he/she ate (P<0·001). These children consumed fewer fruit and vegetables than those who were not fussy eaters (P<0·001). However, fussy eaters with food-restrictive parents ate more fruit and vegetables (B=2·9, P<0·001).ConclusionsThese results suggest that a more structured food environment might be beneficial for the diet and food behaviours of young overweight children.