Mobile Apps Aimed at Preventing and Handling Unintentional Injuries in Children Aged <7 Years: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite various global health crises, the prevention and handling of unintentional childhood injuries remains an important public health objective. Although several systematic reviews have examined the effectiveness of different child injury prevention measures, these reviews did not address the evaluation of mobile communication intervention tools. Whether and how mobile apps were evaluated provides information on the extent to which communication theories, models, and evidence-based knowledge were considered. Previous studies have shown that the effectiveness of mobile apps increases when theories and evidence are considered during their development.

Objective

This systematic review aimed to identify research on mobile apps dealing with the prevention and handli

SUBMITTER: Schulze A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512123 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature