Center on Media and Child Health

CMCH Database: Full-Text Availability

2012-02-07T12:16:46-05:00

The CMCH Database of Research (DoR) is a database of citations on children, media and health and it's freely available online. You can read the abstracts and in the process of adding new citations to the database, we try to find free full-text version of the article and make it...

Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies-Jan 24

2012-01-24T17:00:53-05:00

Check out these recently published titles of interest on the topics of children, media, and health: Devís-Devís, J., Peiró-Velert, C., Beltrán-Carrillo, V.J., et al. (2012). Brief report: Association between socio-demographic factors, screen media usage and physical activity by type of day in Spanish adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 35(1), 213-218. The...

Research Toolbox: CMCH Database- Advanced Search

2012-01-17T13:13:54-05:00

The CMCH Database of Research (DoR) can be searched using three different tools: Advanced Search, Guided Search, and Browse by CMCH Subject. Today were are going to explore the Advanced Search function and try out an example search for violence and video games. Step One: Go to the CMCH DoR...

New Study: Systematic Review of Effective Strategies for Reducing Screen Time Among Young Children

2012-01-10T12:09:14-05:00

A new systematic review by CMCH Staff Scientist Dr. Marie Evans Schmidt and other researchers looked at strategies to reduce screen time among children 12 years and younger. The authors found 47 studies that met their inclusion criteria with 29 that effectively reduced TV viewing or screen-media use. The researchers...

Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies-Jan 3.

2012-01-03T14:12:29-05:00

Check out these recently published titles of interest on the topics of children, media, and health: Best, J.R. (2011). Exergaming immediately enhances children's executive function. Developmental Psychology. Available Online December 12. The results extend past research by showing more precisely how physical activity influences executive function and how this effect...

Research Toolbox: Recently Published Books

2011-12-20T14:46:08-05:00

Check out these recently published titles of interest on the topics of children, media, and health: The Material Child: Growing up in Consumer Culture by David Buckingham This book provides a comprehensive critical overview of debates about children’s changing engagement with the commercial market. It moves from broad overviews of...

Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies-Dec.13

2011-12-13T14:18:12-05:00

Check out recently published studies on children, media, and health which explore a range of topics: Ghaddar, S.F., Valerio, M.A., Garcia, C.M., & Hansen, L. (2012). Adolescent health literacy: The importance of credible sources for online health information. Journal of School Health, 82(1), 28-36. The authors found that exposure to...

World AIDS Day 2011: Studies on Media and HIV/AIDS

2011-12-01T11:22:42-05:00

According to United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Unaids) there are now 34 million people living with HIV, including 3.4 million children. To celebrate World AIDS Day 2011, we selected a list of studies which evaluate the impact of sexual, HIV and AIDS media messages on children and teens’ health: Lemal,...

Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies-Nov. 15

2011-11-15T15:53:18-05:00

Check out recently published studies on children, media, and health which explore a range of topics: Ezendam, N.P.M., Brug,J. & Oenema, A. (2011). Evaluation of the Web-based computer-tailored FATaintPHAT intervention to promote energy balance among adolescents: Results from a school cluster randomized trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Available...

Research Toolbox: Alerting Services

2011-11-08T14:13:07-05:00

Overview One of the ways librarians at CMCH keep up with the latest research on media and child health is through alerting services. Alerting services, offered through many journals and databases, allow you to keep up-to-date with the latest research within specified subject areas or through journal table of contents....