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Heath Professionals for Safer Screens

Heath Professionals for Safer Screens - Our Children, their Screens and the evidence!

Health professionals are concerned about the serious negative impact screens are having on our youngest children.  We are sharing links to publications, videos and YouTube clips for your information.

Health Professionals for Safer ScreensSummer of connections 

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This publication raises the issues our youngest children experience when exposed to using screens for.  This summer campaign isn’t about being perfect. It’s about pausing, reflecting, and giving parents the knowledge and tools to feel confident in a world that often makes that very difficult. We can’t rewind childhood, but we can pause. We can learn.  Starting now. Starting this summer.

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Useful Links
Please find useful links below from Everything to Play For, Play England Freedom to Play and Health Professionals For Safer Screens website and Instagram.

Everything to Play For-Children's Version — Raising the Nation Play Commission.pdf - Google Drive

Play Commission Report – Everything to Play For: A National Wake-Up Call on Play — Play England

EY_thrive.pdf

https://www.instagram.com/healthprosforsaferscreens/

A HEALTH BRIEFING ON THE EVIDENCED RISKS OF SCREENS FOR EARLY YEARS CHILDREN

Health Professionals see the harm that screens cause children and young people daily. This report will focus on children in their early years (ages 0-5). This report looks at the following:

  • Developmental issues caused by screen use
  • The physical impact of screen usage
  • The societal impact of screen usage

You can view the report by clicking here

This YouTube video, highlights some of the serious harms that clinicians are observing in their daily practice, and academics are concluding in their research, around children’s screen use. These negative impacts on whole-child health are now very significant. It is evidence of safety that we lack, not evidence of harms, and it is now imperative we exercise the precautionary principle and launch an NHS public health campaign to educate and support parents and engage professional colleagues. This film is also an urgent call for a change in legislation to protect our children. Join the call here Join Us - Health Professionals For Safer Screens