See How They Grow: Testing the feasibility of a mobile app to support parents' understanding of child growth charts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile devices provide new opportunities for the prevention of overweight and obesity in children. We aimed to co-create and test an app that offered comprehensible feedback to parents on their child's growth and delivered a suite of age-specific information about nutrition and activity.

Methods

A two-phased approach was used to co-create the digital growth tool-See How They Grow-and test its feasibility. Phase one used focus groups (parents and professionals such as paediatricians and midwives) and a national on-line survey to gather requirements and build the app. Phase two involved testing the app over 12-weeks, with parents or carers of children aged ≤ 2-years. All research activities were undertaken exclusively through the app, and participants were recruited

SUBMITTER: Humphrey G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894826 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature