Child Health Nurs Res.  2016 Oct;22(4):346-354. 10.4094/chnr.2016.22.4.346.

A Survey of Smartphone-Based Health Education Needs for Parents

• Kim SJ
• Lee JM
• Min HY

• KMID: 2444904
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2016.22.4.346

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of smartphones to address parents' educational needs.
METHODS
The participants were parents of children under 18 years old, Participants were 347 parents (222 mothers, 125 fathers). Data were collected from August, 15 to September, 2, 2016 using self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA with the SPSS WIN 21.0 program.
RESULTS
Parents had an average score of 3.30 (±.41) for the need to have smartphone health education. Among the educational subcategories, 'child and family' showed the highest average for educational needs (3.40, ±.57). According to the demographic characteristics of the participants, there were significant difference in parents' age (t=4.354, p=.014), and parents' who have received health education versus parents who have not (t=2.483, p=.014).
CONCLUSION
Findings indicate that the smartphone may be an effective educational method for parents.

Keyword

Needs; Parent; Health Education; Smartphone

MeSH Terms

Child
Health Education*
Humans
Methods
Mothers
Parents*
Smartphone