Persuasive technology and behaviour change in parent-focused eHealth interventions supporting child health: A scoping review protocol

Abstract

eHealth interventions are widely used to support parents in managing children’s health behaviours and could be beneficial in supporting physiotherapy home programmes for children with cerebral palsy. The use of technology in health crosses several disciplines, and a conceptual analysis of techniques and models used by these different disciplines could better inform eHealth intervention design. This paper describes a scoping review protocol of parent-focused eHealth interventions using a novel approach to synthesise models from both the health and psychosocial sciences (behaviour change); and computer sciences (persuasive technology behaviour design), specifically the COM-B model and Fogg Behavior Model, respectively. In addition, this paper draws on the broader literature that addresses children with special healthcare needs due to a paucity of research specific to parentfocused eHealth interventions for children with cerebral palsy. The scoping review will follow Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) five-step framework for conducting scoping reviews. This protocol details the search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, data extraction, data mapping, and data synthesis. Results will be disseminated through publication and conferences supporting a rehabilitation and eHealth focus.