Report on Prevention of Health Problems Related to Mobile Addiction

This report investigates the critical issue of mobile addiction among school children, focusing on the causes, effects, and potential prevention strategies. It begins by outlining the increasing prevalence of smartphone use among children and its role in various activities, from gaming to social media. The report then delves into the reasons behind mobile addiction, including the release of dopamine, the need for social connection, and the influence of role models. It highlights the detrimental health effects of excessive mobile use, such as sleep disturbances, mental health issues, and aggressive behavior. Furthermore, the report examines the roles of parents and teachers in monitoring and preventing digital addiction, emphasizing the importance of setting time limits, utilizing parental control applications, and promoting physical activities. Leadership and management theories are also discussed to explore how schools can effectively manage this growing problem. The report concludes with recommendations and a discussion on the importance of proactive measures to mitigate the negative impacts of mobile addiction on children's health and well-being.

Prevention Of Health
Problem Related To Mobile
Addiction Among School
Children
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Table of Contents
Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Background......................................................................................................................................6
Aims and Objectives........................................................................................................................7
Justification......................................................................................................................................9
Evidence or equivalent case.............................................................................................................9
Theoretical overview.....................................................................................................................10
Budget............................................................................................................................................12
Project plan....................................................................................................................................12
Project timeline – Gantt chart........................................................................................................12
Leadership approach and Management of change or theories.......................................................15
Force field analysis........................................................................................................................20
Evaluation of success.....................................................................................................................20
Recommendations..........................................................................................................................20
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................21
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Abstract
The below report is based on prevention of health issues that arise from use of mobile by
school children. In addition to this, it describe reason behind use of smartphones by children. It
also includes the effect of mobiles when it becomes addicted to children which leads them to
take aggressive steps. It also includes ways from parent and teachers monitor addiction of
children in schools. There are various prevention method are also discuss which assist in
reducing addiction of mobiles among children. The leadership and management theories are also
stated which provide measures from habits of children can be managed.
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Introduction
The internet have been now a days found to be very essential for several objectives which
may be involved in quick sharing of data, contacting with diversified people, electronic related
commerce, emotional support and most importantly entertainment (Nishad and Rana, 2016). A
smartphone altogether can serve combination of services which can render telephonic facility as
well as internet benefits. Smartphone has found to be additionally offer high qualitative services
when compared to basic internet services. Young adolescent people are often found to be
engaged in activities like watching videos, communicating with friend and surfing some
important data for their college. Older people on the other hand use smartphone for calling their
children and to watch spiritual videos or news. At both the age group, the utilisation of
smartphone is quite immense and can not be replace by any other devices. The school going
children on other side have been observed to use smartphone at much higher rate as compared to
other age group either to play games or to watch videos. When they are small the use of such
devices are kept at normal rate by strict limitation of parents and their pressure. As soon as they
start communicating more with their friends and get promoted to new grades the use
simultaneously thought to grow which eventually turns into digital addiction. Such type of
addiction is considered as an extreme issue which is commonly seen in school going children.
The mobile phones have become a integral part of human life especially among children,
they feel lost and discomforted when they are not able to get access to such gadgets. If such
children are asked not to use smartphones or are restricted from using such device then it has the
potential to demonstrate violent and harsh behaviour against their parents (Sharma and et.al.,
2016.). The reason why children are addicted to such smart devices is due to pleasure. The user
when wins a game gets some sort of reward which is quite satisfying and make them get plunge
to the feeling of pleasure. After receiving such reward, dopamine which are ultimately
controlling the pleasure points release it in brain. Such process makes a person happy and to get
more need depending upon the concentration being released. The urgent need of getting socially
connected to people have also considerably enhanced the usage. The process of intimidating and
copying their favourite role models or actors have also increased which lead into taking selfie
and posting on social media to look like models. The recent urge of getting famous and to be
socially accepted by large group of members among school have become so common that every
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student try to grab opportunities to get connected with their friend socially as possible. In digital
world, such children can easily join group chats, messages and comments on various posted
picture. There is a thin line between digital addiction and normal usage, due to which there are
some signs which have been shown by number of kids due to overuse of smartphone. The kids
overusing such practice are found to take lengthier time to fall asleep and are frequently shown
to have trouble in sleeping and eventually become insomniac. This might be originated due to
excessive habit of playing games and watching videos on smart devices. This late night playing
are evidenced to disturbs the circadian rhythm within an individual due to which they face
sleeping issues (Bhatia, Rajpoot and Dwivedi, 2016). If such condition persist and parents of
such kids do not pay attention to such alarming symptoms and warning then the condition may
take a shape of mental health issue. Such children may acquire depression and anxiety due to less
sleep and poor communication with family members.
Kids when move to higher grades that are not only analysed to play games at high rate
but their engagement in social media also starts which negatively affects their personal as well as
family relationships. The depression and urge to use phone sometimes lead into obsessive
compulsive disorder where they keep either dreaming about phones while attending class or
excessively use phone when are at home or some where else. Turning off and taking away
smartphones from hand of such child may worse the condition of panic and anxiety. The parents
sometimes have to seek expert advice or care in order to make their condition less severe and
find ways through which their addiction level can be overcome. Children are found to acquire
aggressive as well as violent behaviour which can negatively influence not only their own life
but also the reputation of their parents. By playing violent games and watching videos related to
blood shed and murders are found to aggravate their potential actions and they tends to become
more violent and show activities which can harm others. All such activities make their
productivity very less at school and they tend to get less marks in exams as compared to those
who are not digitally addicted. Teachers in school are considered as most critical part in coping
up the child with digital addiction by employing large number of measures and collective ways.
Parents in such situation should make some crucial modifications and changes either in their
routine life and in their kids for positively reshape the actions. The rule about usage of phones
should be changed based upon basic needs an urgency (Tamura and et.al., 2017). They should
not snatch away their smartphones right away because it will make an adverse impact on their
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behaviour, because of this some ground rules must be set to limit the hours which are permitted
to use. The child should only be allowed to use phones in front of some elder family members or
parents, this activity will restrict the use in dinning table or at some get together. Such practice
will help them in making their relationship string with their parents and will reduce their anxiety
and stress to great extent (Lee and Kim, 2017). Parents may take help of some outside
applications for limiting the data their children can get access to or type can alteration in certain
phone functions which does not allow such kids to watch blood shedding videos or playing age
restricted games. The treatment of digital addiction is not easy to be treated because other
addictions may be prevented by taking medicines but in such case no medication can be
prescribed by any doctor or health practitioner. Some ways which may be involved for reducing
the addiction among school children are setting time limits, the parents should set a specific time
on which they are allowed to watch videos, play games or chatting with their friends under the
supervision of parent or any elder. By setting limitations the child at initial stage may get furious
and lead into some aggressive activities but parents should show strictness and should not allow
to exceed the time limit at any cost. The health problems which may be caused due to this
ongoing addiction may result in making a child mentally and socially sick which further result in
physical health issues. The applications which distract the mind of kids should be removed from
the device so that they do not get disturbed and provoke to play or use it. School administration
must provide solid information on how upcoming generation are degrading their health by using
excessive mobile devices. The parents as well as school should lay emphasis on making child
more physically active, they should introduce more games and fun activities in school and homes
for keeping the child distracted from using smartphone.
Background
The aim of this report is to examine the use of leadership and management theories in
analysing the effects of mobile addiction on school children in India. The role of change and
leadership theories are found in assisting the school management team to explore ways or to alter
their behaviour in order to modify the habit of school children. Though, Smartphones have
thought to be meeting gaps among economic and political sectors due to which people are
extensively buying upgraded version of their phones. On the other hand it have found due to
such high usage of phone by their parents such children have found to get habit of using it too
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more frequently. The behaviour or school and actions of parents play a significant role in shaping
the limit at which digital addiction can go through. Awareness can be spread by outlining the rate
at which children can get distracted due to overuse of such devices. The impact and issue which
can be raised by such problems may be immense and still growing at higher rate due to invention
of new games and thrilling videos (Lee and et.al., 2017). These things may be further discussed
with their parents for letting them know the harmful effects of excess use. The health issues
which are caused by such excessive usage are anger, stress, depression, male infertility, neck
problems, eye discomfort and social issues. Such problems may get severe by increasing time of
usage, due to which preventive measures are very vital to be considered. The child must learn to
undergo light exercise regularly so that the physical problems get resolved in timely manner. The
school should conduct some campaign and classes at evening so that the time which make them
urge to use mobile, they may spend while doing some educational programmes.
Aims and Objectives
Aim: The aim of this project is “To examine the use of leadership and management
theories in analysing the prevention of health problem of mobile addiction on school children in
India”.
Objectives:
 To identify the reason behind smartphone addiction in school children in India.
 To analyse the effects of using excess mobile phones by children in India.
 To monitor the role of parents and teachers in preventing digital addiction in school
children.
 To analyse the prevention method of health problem due to mobile addiction
 To evaluate the role of leadership and change theories to deliver appropriate measures to
manage the habit of students.
The use of mobile have been seen to increase day by day within school going children
due to high urge of playing games, watching fascinating videos, socialising and surfing. The
parents have to get strict and more education must be provided in school for making aware the
negative effects of using excess mobile phones (Aljomaa and et.al., 2016). However, it may be
viewed that different leadership theories as well as change theories have been applied in such
condition for effectively managing the serious problems which basically concerns school
children. The major reason behind such high addiction was found to be the high amount of
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pleasure which are being released in the form of dopamine in brain when a child wins a game
and get rewards. The frequent application of texting, video calling, socialising, googling and
other activities have evidently found to make children addicted to their cell phones. The effects
of such high addiction can seriously affects the life quality of children which may suffer from
condition of isolation and soon starts to feel insomniac. Due to imbalance in circadian rhythm by
late night playing, watching or texting friends it consequence in facing sleep deficiency. The
condition soon becomes obsessive compulsive disorder which make an individual to check their
phone again and again. Depression and stress soon take place due to prolonged insomnia, all
these situations rise due to high digital addiction. The child who take their parents phone are
found to be intimidating when they do not get access. Moreover, such condition make there
behaviour quite aggressive and violent towards family members and to everyone who are found
to be restricting them from using smartphones (Jun, 2016). The preventive measures are very
important to be taken by school administration and parents for making a high distance among
mobile phones and children. The teachers and parents should take with their child and share their
feelings for making them more comfortable. By such activities, children tends to spend more
quality time with their siblings as well as parents and learns the importance of such members in
their life. The adverse effects and reactions of harmful radiations which have a capacity to cause
large number of disease should be explained to school going children either they are small grades
or high.
The role of school administration a well as parent are though to be very vital in managing
and regulating the though processing. The parents must get access to parental monitoring devices
or application through which they can get access to the history of the phones through which they
can either lock certain websites or make them inaccessible. The teachers and school management
on the other hand should lay emphasis on formulating such policies and principles which
specifically bans to bring or to use smartphones in school premises. The school management can
further setting up cameras in corridors as well as in classroom to check whether children of
higher grades are using phones in school. If any student are found to be using mobile phones
even after certain standards and policies of school then they have the right to call their parents
and may either suspend them. The children which are at lower grades does not actually have dare
to bring their mobile phones, during this period they must get proper education about outcomes
of overusing smartphone. Every teacher at primary level should focus on providing all adverse
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impact of using smartphone on mental and physical health (Kim, Lee and Choi, 2015). The
function of leadership and change theories to deliver appropriate measures to manage the habit of
students are outlined which ultimately assist the school operating department and teachers a
chance to a make them acquainted with harmful effects of mobile phone on brain and processing.
Justification
The report is all about analysing the effects and reasons which are associated in
enhancing school children addiction due to high mobile use. The importance of lowering the
digital addiction has been increasing day by day due to which it is highly necessary to manage
such habit by collective efforts of parents and teachers. The leadership and change theory are
evidenced to aid teachers and school managers to effectively deal with high usage of mobile
phones in school premises. Technology have the capacity to give false hope to growing children
as well as rationale security as they think that by communicating with unseen world they have
become determinative. The report is basis on defining the certain objectives or reasons due to
which children get so addicted to smartphones in India. The families of India are very much
engaged in their family terms which dose not sometimes provide them specific time to keep
check on mobile usage of their kids. Such practice make their normal routine of taking phone
turn into digital addiction. Another objective of such study is the adverse outcome of using
excess mobile phones by children in India along with the role of parents and teachers in
preventing digital addiction in school children. The defining target is to measure the duty of
leadership and change theories to deliver suitable measures to carry off the habit of school going
children. Though, the purpose of assignment is to identify the cause as well as role of basic
theories in eliminating the practice of digital addiction.
Evidence or equivalent case
The prior addiction of mobile can be majorly seen in children when new games of
fighting and royal e battle have emerged which have made such children highly addicted. The
invention of such games was completely revolutionary in the world of games because no games
was their in mobile phone with such graphics and concept. Such practice made the children
addicted towards these games which resulted into loss of attention onwards studies and making
them less caring towards parents. The advancement of such gaming system have been majorly
found to exponentially increase the addiction level in school children. The fighting game have
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observed to make the mind of such children quite aggressive due to high fighting instincts and
scenes, such leads into modification of behaviour which have negatively shaped their intellectual
(Chang and et.al., 2019). They become aggressive and engage suicidal thoughts, due to such
practices many students were found to take their life when their parents refused to give their
mobile phones to their children for playing. The effects are very devastating due to which this
report is completely focussing on underlining the effects of mobile devices on school children.
The role of parents and teachers must be focussed critically and they should assigning roles and
responsibilities for effectively managing the digital addiction.
Theoretical overview
The study is completely based on outlining the major outcomes which may be originated
due to excessive usage of mobile phones. The help of health leadership models and further
change approach have been employed for altering the habit of children through applying such
high end theories on school administration. The actual cause of digital addiction is loneliness,
boredom and lack of satisfaction in life which mostly gets fulfilled by playing games and getting
appreciation on social sites. Sleep disorder, panic, anxiety, depression, stress, loss of
concentration, athletic performance, results of exam as well as terms with family members are
highly affected in India. It has been observed that children may gain more weight and may suffer
from further complications relating to poor lifestyle, unhealthy diet. All such activities are
ultimately resulting into causing large number of disease associated with cardiovascular or brain.
The children from overusing such devices may get into substance abuse or addiction by watching
various videos related to such activities. The technology addiction can make a child vulnerable to
high usage of alcohol or cigarettes, because they want to live like the lifestyle of their favourite
celebrities which are being depicted in videos (Jamir and et.al., 2019). Children who are
completely in such activities are found to be detached with their parents, they do not take may
involvement regarding the well being of their parents or siblings, sue to such practice they
become less sensitive and only make their phone as their whole life.
At such stage of life, children do not have prior knowledge about what is right and what
may go wrong of they follow a certain path. The children who spend more time in social
networking sites and prone to acquire depression which may further result in suicidal thoughts.
The high usage of such practice can be managed at small level only if parents and teacher keep
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evaluating their activities. Innovation of new games and high ending graphical videos have high
capability to attract large number of children towards them which may have such content that
can hamper either learning behaviour and actions in school. The parents should buy them offline
gaming console which keep them away from mobile phones and they keep focussing on specifics
game only (Seo and et.al., 2016). The health stress management theory may be applied which
which may emphasis on keeping everything balanced in life, it requires in making a certain
schedule to children which can specifically help in making such kids busy. Proper guidance must
be rendered by teachers and parents by effective communication, they must apply certain
principle collectively like to engage them in making innovative and creative task or assignment.
Adults in such case must be more creative which should have ability to engage children in such a
way that they do not lay their focus on mobile.
Parental control is a major advancement in technology which can render chances to
parents for clearly restring the adult content from their access. More time should be spent with
such children so that they do not feel isolated and can talk over anything to their parents rather
than taking help of social sites. Play dates may be arranged by different parents to keep their
children distracted from technology, this would give a chance to make new friends and also help
in socialising with people thereby reducing depression and stressed behaviour in India. More
preventive measures which may be taken for lowering such highlighted issue are taking the
phones away or restricting the time. They should be taken outside to explore their inner strengths
and qualities by engaging them in some sports or in some social works which not only make
them physically active but also assist in providing knowledge about their surrounding and make
them responsible by conducting some social work. In India, parents are often busy in taking care
of house hold activity or in some other stuff so they sometimes may not clearly remain aware
about the whereabouts of their kids. At such time, school authorities play role who not only make
them aware about adverse effects of such addiction but also provide preventive ways to keep
their ill habit at pace. More meditation and mind relaxing activities should be engaged in school
so that the students cam relax their mind and may become less stressed.
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Budget
Project plan
The project plan may referred to as an action plan which may be involved in various
activities by consuming specific period of time. The activities which are included are described
in a certain sequence which will be essential to be followed while finishing the given project.
However, the project plan includes PDSA cycle which comprises of factors like Plan, Do, Study
and Act. It is quite important to perform a specific screening of change so as to alleviate the
prevention methods for improving the health condition of school going children in India. At first,
Plan includes to handle with staff about demand and execution of fresh system which sometimes
not liked by every individual. Second, it belong to specifies out the change to collecting the
attention of everyone towards it for improving the condition and making the project manageable.
Third, the technical approach is utilized to supply acquisition and information to school
administration and parents for lowering the addiction of smartphones in kids (Lynn and Lynn,
2019). At last, the institution evaluates and acts on the measures which they have formulated for
preventing the health issues which are raising by such devices.
Project timeline – Gantt chart
The Gantt chart has been referred to as a graphical representation of series of task which
will be essential in carry out for completing the study at definite time period. In such chart, a
specific duration of time has also been included which guides the researcher about how long they
have to finish a task within provided guidelines so as to acquire desired target. Thus, the timeline
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