Screen time and sleep of rural and urban south african preschool children Tomaz, SA, Hinkley, Trina, Jones, RA, Watson, ED, Twine, R, Kahn, K, Norris, SA and Draper, CE 2020, Screen time and sleep of rural and urban south african preschool children, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 15, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155449. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Screen time and sleep of rural and urban south african preschool children Author(s) Tomaz, SA Hinkley, Trina orcid.org/0000-0003-2742-8579 Jones, RA Watson, ED Twine, R Kahn, K Norris, SA Draper, CE Journal name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume number 17 Issue number 15 Article ID 5449 Start page 1 End page 12 Total pages 12 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020 ISSN 1661-7827 1660-4601 Keyword(s) 24-HOUR MOVEMENT GUIDELINES ASSOCIATIONS BIRTH COHORT DURATION Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology INFANTS Life Sciences & Biomedicine movement behavior pediatrics physical activity PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY PROFILE Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology sedentary SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR sitting TODDLERS Summary This study aimed to investigate the extent to which preschool children meet guidelines for screen time (<1 h/day) and sleep (10–13 h/24-h) and explored home factors that affect these behaviors. Parents of preschoolers across income settings in South Africa (urban high-income n = 27, urban low-income n = 96 and rural low-income n = 142) completed a questionnaire. Urban high-income children had higher rates of exceeding screen time guidelines (67.0%) than children from urban low-income (26.0%) and rural low-income (3.5%) settings. Most children (81.0%) met sleep guidelines on weekdays and on weekends (75.0%). More urban high-income children met the sleep guideline, in comparison to both low-income settings. Fewer urban high-income parents (50.0%) thought that screen time would not affect their preschooler’s health, compared to urban low-income (90.4%) and rural low-income (81.7%) parents. Weeknight bedtime was positively correlated with both weekday screen time (p = 0.001) and weekday TV time (p = 0.005), indicating that more time on screens correlated with later bedtimes. Meeting screen time and sleep guidelines differs across income settings, but it is evident that parents of preschoolers across all income settings would benefit from greater awareness about guidelines Language eng DOI 10.3390/ijerph17155449 HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30156265 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 08:33:16 EST Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 16:54:24 EST Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 16:56:46 EST Fri, 12 Nov 2021, 05:06:39 EST Mon, 06 Dec 2021, 13:03:26 EST Mon, 06 Dec 2021, 15:40:50 EST Mon, 06 Dec 2021, 15:46:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 6 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 16 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 08:33:16 EST