How to Integrate and Leverage Digital Health Modalities For Health Promotion in Early Childhood Education: Opportunities to Improve Intervention Access and Engagement.

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• Alternative Title:
  Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2025, v. 15, no. 1: How to Integrate and Leverage Digital Health Modalities For Health Promotion in Early Childhood Education: Opportunities to Improve Intervention Access and Engagement.
• Journal Article:
  Translational Behavioral Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Kracht, Chelsea L. ; Tovar, Alison ; Gans, Kim M. ; Lee, Rebecca E. ; Tandon, Pooja S. ; von Ash, Tayla ; Francis, Lucine
• Description:
  Early childhood education (ECE) settings are important for the development of children's healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. Efforts to disseminate and implement health behavior promotion strategies in ECE settings have seldom optimized digital health, a missed opportunity highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this commentary, we discuss previous efforts to shift ECE-based health behavior programs to digital health modalities, notable opportunities for digital health in these settings, and a multilevel perspective to support future efforts. We propose future directions in digital health literacy, reaching various ECE settings, implementation science, and community partnerships to expand the use of digital interventions.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Health Promotion
  • COVID-19
  • Health Literacy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Health Behavior
  • Child
  • Telemedicine
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Exercise
  More +
• Keywords:
  • eHealth
  • mHealth
  • young children
• Source:
  Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2025, v. 15, no. 1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaf006
• ISSN:
  1869-6716 ; 1613-9860
• Pubmed ID:
  40052536
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11967918
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  5R33CA218592/Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World/ ; R00 HD107158/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; L40 HD109931/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 2834135/Robert Wood Jonson Health Eating Research/ ; U54 GM104940/GM/NIGMS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006374/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP006374/CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and Prevention Research Centers Program/ ; R33 CA218592/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 MD010667/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DK128197/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD000214/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 5U01MD010667/Duke University/ ; T32 DK064584/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K99 HD107158/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; OT2 HD108101/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P20 GM144269/GM/NIGMS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  ibaf006(15 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261619/cdc_261619_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 206.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0251e38834246987943857225f0b14fabf45afc7e275d4b1e0019becdbce0db9ca9947f593f8f1b8f77bb135e4cd6a061c22e786004cf774d31762149ba8c9a6