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

Summer Joy WeberShelagh A MulvaneyAnthony FaiolaMadeline BrownTatsuki KoyamaLili SunSusanna Lynn GoggansPamela Carmen Hull
Published in: JMIR pediatrics and parenting (2023)
Several high-quality commercially available apps target parents to facilitate goal setting and tracking for child behavior change related to both health and nonhealth behaviors. However, the apps lack evidence of efficacy. Future research should address this gap, particularly targeting parents of young children, and consider individually tailored guided goal setting and involvement of health professionals.
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