A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Video-assisted Teaching on the Knowledge of Parents Regarding the Effects of Smartphone Overuse on the Growth and Development of Pre-schoolers in Selected Schools of Navi Mumbai

Mobile phone addiction/abuse/misuse is one of the forms of compulsive use of “a mobile phone” by people across the world. A new kind of health disorder in this category, “smartphone’s addiction/abuse/misuse” is now challenging health policy-makers globally to think on this rapidly emerging issue. Indian adolescents and adults are also affected by this high smartphone engagement. A Smartphone, or smartphone, is a term for distinguishing mobile phones with advanced features from basic feature phones. The term “Smartphone” first appeared in 1997, when Ericsson described its GS88 “Penelope” concept as a smartphone.[1] This term was basically introduced in the market for a new class of mobile phones that provides integrated services from communication, computing, and mobile sectors such as voice communication, messaging, personal information management applications, and wireless communication capability.[2]