Ten years ago, the published its first special issue on the eHealth in pediatric psychology ( ). The issue reflected the nascent stage of the field with reports focused on willingness to use the internet for health promotion, the development of internet interventions with a focus on feasibility and usability, a limited number of efficacy trials, and some of the first forays into the mHealth space using PDAs and cellphones. The issue also reflected the emphasis in pediatric psychology at the time to develop, validate, and disseminate more intervention technologies. In many ways, this focus served to realize the important vision that eHealth/mHealth approaches might reduce barriers to getting “what works” to the most vulnerable and difficult to reach youth.
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