Engaging children in diabetes education through mobile games
conference contribution
posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00authored byN Baghaei, J Casey, D Nandigam, A Sarrafzadeh, Ralph MaddisonRalph Maddison
Traditional methods for diabetic education rely heavily on written materials and there is only a limited amount of resources targeted at educating diabetic children. Mobile games can be effective, evidence-based, and motivating tools for the promotion of children's health. In our earlier work, we proposed a novel approach for designing computer games aimed for educating children with diabetes and applied our design strategy to a mobile Android game (Mario Brothers). In this paper, we report the findings of a preliminary evaluation study (n = 12) conducted over 1 week. The initial results showed that the children found the game engaging and improved their knowledge of healthy diet and lifestyle.
History
Pagination
49-55
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Start date
2017-04-10
End date
2017-04-12
ISBN-13
9789898533616
Language
eng
Publication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2017, IADIS Press
Editor/Contributor(s)
Arnedillo Sánchez I, Isaías P
Title of proceedings
ML 2017 : Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2017
Event
International Association for Development of the Information Society. Conference (13th : 2017 : Budapest, Hungary)
Publisher
IADIS Press
Place of publication
[Budapest, Hungary]
Series
International Association for Development of the Information Society Conference