Molnar, A;
Kostkova, P;
(2016)
Ubiquitous Bugs and Drugs Education for Children Through Mobile Games.
In:
DH '16: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Health Conference.
(pp. pp. 77-78).
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): Montréal (Québec), Canada.
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Abstract
Increasing mobile device ownership among children makes them an attractive platform for raising awareness about health issues. At the same time, children are using mobile devices for playing games and therefore these games could be used to facilitate the delivery of important healthcare messages in an enjoyable manner. In this article we present edugames4all MicrobeQuest!, a mobile game that aims to create awareness among 9 to 12 years old on healthcare issues related to microbe transmission, food and hand hygiene, and responsible antibiotic use. This article discusses the preliminary research performed in assessing the usability of the game.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ubiquitous Bugs and Drugs Education for Children Through Mobile Games |
| Event: | DH '16: Digital Health 2016 |
| Location: | Montréal (Québec), Canada |
| Dates: | 11th-13th April 2016 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4503-4224-7 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/2896338.2896366 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/2896338.2896366 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | mobile apps, games, serious games, games for health, educational games, children, health, usability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088845 |
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