Published on in Vol 2, No 1 (2019): Jan-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11791, first published .
“If You Let Them, They Will Be on It 24 Hours a Day”: Qualitative Study Conducted in the United States Exploring Brazilian Immigrant Mothers’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Screen Time Behaviors of Their Preschool-Age Children

“If You Let Them, They Will Be on It 24 Hours a Day”: Qualitative Study Conducted in the United States Exploring Brazilian Immigrant Mothers’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Screen Time Behaviors of Their Preschool-Age Children

“If You Let Them, They Will Be on It 24 Hours a Day”: Qualitative Study Conducted in the United States Exploring Brazilian Immigrant Mothers’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Screen Time Behaviors of Their Preschool-Age Children

Ana Cristina Lindsay   1 * , DDS, MPH, DrPH ;   Carlos André Moura Arruda   2 * , BA, MPH ;   Márcia MT Machado   2 * , RN, PhD ;   Mary L Greaney   3 * , MPH, PhD

1 Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States

2 Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil

3 Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States

*all authors contributed equally

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  • Ana Cristina Lindsay, DDS, MPH, DrPH
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