Parental Perceptions of Priorities and Features for a Mobile App to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Preschool Children: Mixed Methods Evaluation
This study contributes to the understanding of what parents or caregivers of young children want from mobile apps, in both content and features, to support building healthy behaviors and routines. The findings can inform future research on the development and evaluation of existing or new mobile apps. Specific app features identified to meet family needs should be designed closely with a diverse set of families and tested using rigorous designs to identify the mechanisms of action that mobile apps may use for efficacious healthy parenting outcomes.
Authors
- Shelagh A. Mulvaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1622-6744)
- Jessica R. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-2663)
- Summer J Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-7919)
- Susanna Lynn Goggans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-1505)
- Pamela C. Hull (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4412-9087)
- Anthony Faiola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7733-5947)
- Madeline Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-9676)
- Lynn Maamari
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Markey Cancer Center (US)
- Food and Nutrition Service (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/65451
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85