Topical Review: Design Considerations When Creating Pediatric Mobile Health Interventions: Applying the IDEAS Framework.OBJECTIVE
 This topical review uses the IDEAS framework as an organizational method to summarize current strategies to conceptualize, design, evaluate, and disseminate mHealth interventions.


 Pediatric psychologists should consider applying the design strategies outlined in the IDEAS framework to produce and disseminate mHealth interventions tailored to the specific needs of pediatric populations.
IDEAS Framework
To present a guiding framework from the perspective of psychologists and technologists to develop effective mobile health (mHealth) interventions for pediatric populations.


 This topical review uses the IDEAS framework as an organizational method to summarize current strategies to conceptualize, design, evaluate, and disseminate mHealth interventions.


 Incorporating theories of behavior change and feedback from target populations are essential when developing mHealth interventions.  Iterative design cycles and prototyping are important steps to gather user feedback to optimize an mHealth intervention.  Pediatric health-care researchers and clinicians are increasingly using mHealth technology to target health behaviors and improve related outcomes.  Pediatric psychologists should consider applying the design strategies outlined in the IDEAS framework to produce and disseminate mHealth interventions tailored to the specific needs of pediatric populations.
mHealth