CREATING A SERIOUS GAME FOR HEALTH

CREATING A SERIOUS GAME FOR HEALTH

The prevalence of chronic illnesses continues to increase as does the cost of such care. Teaching self-management skills is more effective than solely providing information and teaching technical skills at improving health outcomes. Serious games for health provide an opportunity to support learning...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of health and human services administration 2015-10, Vol.38 (2), p.162-173
Hauptverfasser: CLOCHESY, JOHN M., BUCHNER, MARC, HICKMAN, RONALD L., PINTO, MELISSA D., ZNAMENAK, KYLE
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Behavior
Blood pressure
Care and treatment
Chronic Disease - therapy
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Cost
Diabetes
Distribution
Educational policy
Focus groups
Games
Health administration
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health outcomes
Humans
Hypertension
Managerial skills
Medical care
Medical service
Patient education
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patients
Physician patient relationships
Receptionists
Research universities
Risk Reduction Behavior
Self Care
Skill development
Software Design
Studies
Symposium: Serious Games for Health
Teaching
Universal design
Video Games
Virtual avatars
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Zusammenfassung:The prevalence of chronic illnesses continues to increase as does the cost of such care. Teaching self-management skills is more effective than solely providing information and teaching technical skills at improving health outcomes. Serious games for health provide an opportunity to support learning and health-related behavior change using messages and experiences in an engaging and entertaining format. We developed eSMART-HD with the intention of improving interactions between patients with chronic disorders and their health care providers. This paper describes the factors that we considered when creating eSMART-HD, a serious game for health.
ISSN:1079-3739
2168-5509
DOI:10.1177/107937391503800202