Eun Jee Lee, Hee Sun Kim
Gender Differences in Smartphone Addiction Behaviors Associated With Parent-Child Bonding, Parent-Child Communication, and Parental Mediation Among Korean Elementary School Students
Journal of addictions nursing
violence children vac serious public health concern longlasting adverse effects evidencebased parenting programs one effective means prevent vac however interventions scalable typical inperson group format especially low middleincome countries need greatest digital delivery including via chatbots offers scalable costeffective means scale parenting programs within settings crucial understand key pillars user engagement ensure effective implementation study aims investigate effective costeffective combination external components optimize user engagement parenttext opensource chatbotled parenting intervention prevent vac mpumalanga south africa study use mixed methods design incorporating 2 2 factorial clusterrandomized controlled trial qualitative interviews parents adolescent girls 32 clusters 120 participants 60 parents 60 girls aged 10 17 years per cluster n3840 total participants recruited ehlanzeni nkangala districts mpumalanga clusters randomly assigned receive 1 4 engagement packages include parenttext alone combined inperson sessions facilitated whatsapp support group quantitative data collected include pretestposttest parent adolescentreported surveys facilitatorreported implementation data digitally tracked engagement data qualitative data collected parents facilitators inperson overthephone individual semistructured interviews used expand interpretation understanding quantitative findings recruitment data collection started august 2023 finalized november 2023 total number participants enrolled study 1009 744 caregivers completed onboarding chatbotled intervention female participants represent 9296 9381009 sample population whereas male participants represent 703 711009 average participant age 43 sd 9 years parenttext optimisation trial first study rigorously test engagement chatbotled parenting intervention low middleincome country results study inform final selection external delivery components support engagement parenttext preparation evaluation randomized controlled trial 2024 open science framework osf httpsdoiorg1017605osfiowfxne derr110219652145