PURPOSE Mobile technology is ubiquitous, but its impact on family life has not been
thoroughly addressed in the scientific literature or in clinical practice guidelines. We aimed …

Objective: Parent use of mobile devices (eg, smartphones, tablets) while around their young
children may be associated with fewer or more negative parent-child interactions, but parent …

Objectives To assess digital access and mobile health in urban pediatric clinics by
measuring demographics of smartphone ownership, primary uses of mobile devices by …

Methods The study was deemed exempt by the Boston University Medical Center
institutional review board. We surveyed 144 English-or Spanish-speaking parents of healthy …

Importance Mobile health interventions are increasingly popular in pediatrics; however, it is
unclear how effective these interventions are in changing health outcomes. Objective To …

Objectives: Mobile device use is a rapidly growing, socially acceptable interactional habit.
The impact of mobile device use on social interactions, including between parents and …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mobile devices are a ubiquitous part of American life,
yet how families use this technology has not been studied. We aimed to describe naturalistic …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify mobile Health (mHealth) technology
utilization among caregivers of pediatric surgery patients. Methods We provided a modified …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Research on children's use of mobile media devices
lags behind its adoption. The objective of this study was to examine young children's …

Shared parent–child experiences while engaged with an iPadTM were examined to
determine if and then how parents interact with their children when using mobile digital …