2.4. Intervention Rationale and Development
The Revised Family Ecological Model by Davison and colleagues provided the behavioral model for our intervention [Using data from these parental interviews, combined with published evidence from prior successful similar health behavior interventions, we developed an intervention consisting of four components (See Research staff notified clinical providers and practice managers via an EHR in-basket message when an intervention family was scheduled for a clinic visit. The message included standardized instructions to providers to give out the toolkits during the child’s scheduled medical visit and to conduct brief counseling with parents around using the intervention. A welcome pamphlet within the toolkit further instructed parents on how to access the remaining intervention components (video, app, and phone calls) by scanning a QR code with their smartphones.