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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

The untapped potential of Games for Health in times of crises. A critical reflection.

Kevin Dadaczynski, Daniel Tolks, Kamil J Wrona, Timothy Mc Call, Florian Fischer

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Kevin DadaczynskiDepartment of Health Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.
Daniel TolksCenter for Applied Health Sciences, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany.
Kamil J WronaDepartment of Engineering and Mathematic, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany.
Timothy Mc CallMedical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Florian FischerBavarian Research Center for Digital Health and Social Care, Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Kempten, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given its promising role in public health to address hard to reach population groups, game-based interventions (i.e., Games for Health, G4H) have experienced growing interest in recent years. Therefore, it is surprising that they have played only a minor role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, the aim of this paper is to reflect the opportunities and challenges of G4H especially during the pandemic but also with regard to future health crises. As commercial video games (i.e., those that primarily aim to entertain its users) were often used to deal with the containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, we call for greater cooperation with commercial game makers to distribute health-related messages

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COVID-19Video GamesHumansPandemicsProblem SolvingPublic HealthCOVID-19emergency situationgames for healthgamificationhealth inequalitiesserious games

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PMID36926167
PMCPMC10011143

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