Australian parents’ perceptions of the risks posed by harmful products to the health of children
Hannah Pitt, Simone McCarthy, Emily Hume, Grace Arnot, Samantha Thomas · 2024
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Description
Hannah Pitt and colleagues published a 2024 survey of Australian parents on harmful products. Cigarettes, alcohol, vaping, and gambling threaten young people. Industries often frame parents as solely responsible. Few studies asked parents how they see it. Over four hundred parents with teenagers responded.
Parents named peers, social media, and advertising as influences. They worried about short and long-term harms. Most actively teach their children about risks. Industry messages still proved hard to counter. Responsibility, parents felt, should be shared more widely. The findings challenge industry-friendly framing. Regulation, not just parenting, belongs in the conversation.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hannah Pitt, Simone McCarthy, Emily Hume, Grace Arnot, Samantha Thomas |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |