The Effects of Non-Ionizing Radiation for using Electronic Devices on Female Child's Health
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15218/crewh.2022.05Keywords:
Non-ionizing radiation, Radio frequency, Children healthAbstract
Background and objective: Technology is everywhere, usage of electronics turns into a wide part of the lives of young and growing children's daily routine nowadays, and children are more at risk of this suddenly developing of technology. RFs are non-ionizing radiation including wavelengths varying from 3 kHz to 300 MHz and microwaves ranging from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. The main purpose of the research was to determine the impact of electronic device use and daily screen time on physical and physiological health.
Methods: In this study, a Google form for the questionnaire was used for data collection in 2021, and it was distributed to some primary schools in Erbil. The parents were asked to respond to questionnaire questions about their children.
Result: According to the responses of 68 percent of parents, the highest percentage of age in this study is between 3 and 5 years (31.4 percent). The majority of participants go to bed between 11 and 11:59 p.m., and the majority of them wake up between 10 and 10:59 a.m. (24.5 percent ). 27.5 percent of children spend more than 7 hours per day on electronic devices while only 22.5 % use 1-2 hours per day.
Conclusion: As a result of the survey and mixed with most of the findings showing that the negative impact of using the electronic device in the development and growth and health effects however the effect of the electronic device on children depending on the time duration watching the electronic screen per a day.
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