Ubiquitous bugs and drugs education for children through mobile games

Andreea Molnar; Patty Kostkova

doi:10.1145/2896338.2896366

Ubiquitous bugs and drugs education for children through mobile games

Andreea Molnar, Patty Kostkova

University College London

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DH '16
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 Digital Health Conference
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	77-78
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4224-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2896338.2896366
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2016
Event	International Conference on Digital Health - Melbourne, Canada Duration: 11 Apr 2016 → 13 Apr 2016

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Conference	International Conference on Digital Health
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Melbourne
Period	11/04/16 → 13/04/16

Keywords

mobile apps
games
serious games
games for health
educational games
children
health
usability

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