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Objective@#To understand weekend screen time of preschool children in Nanjing, Jiangsu and to explore its association with parental factors,aiming to provide effective strategies for screen time intervention.@*Methods@#A questionnaire survey was conducted in 6 424 parents of preschool children in 20 kindergartens selected using convenience samping method in Nanjing to understand the association of screen time during weekends and parental factors.@*Results@#The proportion of preschool children in Nanjing with screen time ≥2 h/d was 13.01%, among which the proportion of boys was 14.61%, and girls was 11.34%. The difference was statistically significant(χ2=15.27, P<0.01). Logistic regression analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between 3.5-6 years old, boys, paternal education lower than junior high school or equal to senior high school, and no exercise habits with children’s screen time ≥2 h/d(OR=1.43, 1.42, 2.21, 1.82, 2.47, 2.05, 1.36, 1.38, 1.39, 1.52, P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#The video screen time of 3-6 year old preschool children in Nanjing is at moderate level. Parents’ exercise habits and education shows impact on screen time of preschool children, and should be given attention and support.
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Objective@#To understand health literacy among parents of children and adolescents in Nanjing and to provide support and suggestions for health literacy improvement.@*Methods@#A total of 3 412 elementary school students from 6 primary schools were selected to conduct a survey on health literacy during April to May 2017 through convenient sampling method.@*Results@#About 21.69% of parents in Nanjing had proficient health literacy, especially in the understanding of smoking cessation (98.24%). About 98.62% of parents gave correct answer on daily driving method, and 99.79% in skills needed for escaping in a fire, which was 99.79%. Parental health literacy significantly improved as educational attainment increases, from 11.80% to 35.69% for paternal and from 11.98% to 38.38% for maternal educational attainment (χ2=111.46, 114.58, P<0.01); Proportion of proficient health literacy was highest (95.43%) among fathers being professional technicians, and was highest (97.53%) among mothers being professional and technical personnel was 97.53%. Significant differences were found across different parental occupation (χ2=228.95, 218.79, P<0.01).@*Conclusion@#Health literacy should be strengthened among parents in Nanjing to support their children, especially among those with low educational attainment.