Exploring the Association Between Behavioral Determinants and Intention to Use a Chatbot-Led Parenting Intervention by Caregivers of Adolescent Girls in South Africa: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While digital innovation, including chatbots, offers a potentially cost-effective means to scale public health programs in low-income settings, user engagement rates remain low. Barriers to participant engagement (eg, perceived difficulty of use, busyness, low levels of digital literacy) may exacerbate inequality when adopting digital-only interventions as alternatives to in-person programs.

Objective

This cross-sectional study nested within a 2×2 clustered factorial trial that followed the Multiphase Optimization Strategy principles investigated the relationship between behavioral determinants (ie, human and socioeconomic characteristics that facilitate the use of digital health interventions [DHIs]) and caregiver intention to use a digital public health interven

SUBMITTER: Ambrosio MDG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12453451 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature