Highlights
- •Guidelines regarding infant physical activity, screen time and sleep were released by the World Health Organisation in 2019.
- •Guidelines are only effective if the relevant stakeholders are aware of and implement the recommendation.
- •Participants had a sound knowledge of the guidelines and provided consistent advice.
- •Specific advice and recommendations about screen time were lacking.
- •Professional development to translate the guidelines into clinical and educational practises would be beneficial.
Abstract
Background
Global guidelines regarding infant physical activity, screen time and sleep were released
by the World Health Organisation in 2019. Clinician and Early Childhood Educator's
knowledge and advice given to parents regarding this content is unknown. The aims
of this study were to determine the advice given to parents regarding infant care.
This will enable a baseline from which future interventions and multidisciplinary
professional development can be compared and reviewed.
Methods
80 Clinicians (Medical, Nursing, Allied Health) and Early Childhood Educators from
a local health district in NSW Australia completed an online survey. Medical records
(N = 272) were also reviewed to determine if the documentation included advice in accordance
with guidelines.
Findings
Staff were aware that infant guidelines contributes to positive health outcomes (all
>85%). Nursing entered the most information into the medical record with >80% of files
containing general advice about infant physical activity and sleep. Only 30% of entries
contained evidence of guideline specific information. Minimal entries from all clinicians
contained information about screen time (2%).
Discussion
The majority of clinicians and Early Childhood Educators were aware of the content
of the guidelines and the advice they report to provide is consistent. Medical record
documentation regarding the specificity of advice provided is lacking.
Application to practice
This study provides a baseline from which professional development interventions aimed
at increasing compliance to infant guidelines can be compared.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 24, 2022
Accepted:
June 17,
2022
Received in revised form:
May 19,
2022
Received:
November 8,
2021
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