Perceptions of Using Smartphone Technology for Dietary Assessment among Low-Income African-American Mothers

Abstract

Background: Smartphone technology is the fastest growing in U.S. populations particularly in African -American community. Smartphone technology, therefore, may hold promise for improving health communication and accuracy of dietary intake assessment in this population. There is no information about maternal perceptions of using smartphone for dietary assessment. This paper reports the perceptions of low-income African -American mothers of children aged four to five years towards the use of smartphone for their children’s dietary intake assessment and as a means of receiving nutritional feedback.