Commercially Available Mobile Apps With Family Behavioral Goal Setting and Tracking for Parents: Review and Quality Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Goal setting and tracking are well established behavior change techniques. Little is known about the extent to which commercially available mobile apps are designed to guide parents in using these strategies, their evidence base, and their quality.

Objective

This study aims to review commercially available apps that target parents in relation to setting and tracking behavioral goals for their children. The objectives were to classify the apps' general characteristics, features, evidence base, and target behaviors and assess app quality overall and separately for apps that target health-related behaviors (HRBs) and apps without a health-related behavior (WHRB).

Methods

Apps were identified using keyword searches in the Apple App Store and Google Play in the

SUBMITTER: Weber SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10612003 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature