Jiying Ling, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN, is Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Sisi Chen, PhD, PAPHS, is Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus.
Nanhua Zhang, PhD, is Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio.
Lorraine B. Robbins, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Jean M. Kerver, PhD, RD, is Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Accepted for publication August 16, 2023.
This study was funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund (principal investigator: Jiying Ling, G-1904-144322). The authors sincerely acknowledge their community partners, including Northwest Michigan Community Area Action Agency, Head Start for Kent County, and Community Action Agency for Jackson and Hillsdale, for their support in conducting the project. The authors acknowledge Dr. Yan Shi, Senior Software Engineer at Continental, Auburn Hills, MI, for his contribution to developing the program’s private website and automated text messaging application. We give special thanks to the families for their participation. The authors also thank Ms. Kristen Bilyea, Ms. Rebekah Ellsworth, and Michigan State University students for assisting in completing the project. Deidentified participant data can be requested from the first author.
The study was approved by the Michigan State University Institutional Review Board (STUDY00003349). Parental consent was obtained before any data collection.
The clinical trial was registered at the ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04183179) on November 27, 2019. The first participant was enrolled on August 24, 2021. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04183179
The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
Corresponding author: Jiying Ling, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN, Michigan State University College of Nursing, 1355 Bogue St., C241, East Lansing, MI 48824 (e-mail: [email protected]).
