Children

Symptom Scenes

"Symptom Scenes is an arcade game featuring a cast of cute characters suffering from Meningitis or Septicaemia. It's a race against time to recognize the symptoms and save as many as you can!

Game genre:
Action/Adventure
Educational
Entertainment
Puzzle

Health topic:
Brain
Emergency Response
Infectious Disease
Public Health

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Download
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Children
General Audience
Health Care Professionals
Young Children

tagthenet categories:
age
App
arcade
education
Emergency
game
Hospital
Learning
Life
Meningitis
nbsp
race
Response
Scenes
Septicaemia
Symptom
Symptoms
time

Social Tags:
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Medical emergencies
Meningitis
Symptom
Technology
XML

Game platform:
Handheld Device
Multi-Platform


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Pain Tricks

"A colourful collection of tricks to make medical procedures less scary and sore. For kids and grown ups too!

 

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Cancer
Cognition
Injuries and Rehabilitation
Pain
Public Health
Stress and Coping

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Download
Free
Online

tagthenet categories:
App
Children
collection
course
disease
Distraction
Doctor
game
health
Help
Info
injection
nbsp
Pain
Parents
procedure
time
Touch
Tricks

Social Tags:
CDATA
Medicine
Pain
Pain management
Technology

Target Population:
Children
General Audience
Health Care Professionals

Game platform:
Handheld Device
Multi-Platform


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Motivating effects of cooperative exergame play for overweight and obese adolescents

APA Reference: 

Staiano, A. E., Abraham, A. A., & Calvert, S. L. (2012). Motivating effects of cooperative exergame play for overweight and obese adolescents. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 6(4), 812-819.

Author(s): 
Staiano, A. E.
Abraham, A. A.
Calvert, S. L.
Year: 
2012
Journal: 
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Health topic:
Exercise and Fitness
Obesity and Weight Loss

Social Tags:
Bariatrics
Body shape
CDATA
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Energy balance
Health
Medical education
Medicine
Metabolic disorders
Nutrition
Obesity
Overweight

Target Population:
Children
General Audience
Young Adults

Game platform:
Game Console

Publication type:
Journal Article

Company:
Staiano A. E.


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Adventures aboard the S.S.GRIN

"Geared toward 3rd to 5th grade students with social-behavioral problems, Adventures aboard the S.S.GRIN links the worlds of social skills training and interactive technology.

Game genre:
Educational
Simulation

Health topic:
Behavior and Personality
Mental Health
Social Issues and Skills

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Not Currently Available

tagthenet categories:
Adventures
behavior
change
development
difficulty
game
Geared
grade
Institute
Interactive
Learning
perspective
player
Problems
Self-esteem
Skills
Social
technology
training

Social Tags:
Behavior
CDATA
Self-esteem
Social psychology
Social skills
Technology
XML

Target Population:
Children
Young Children

Game platform:
Computer
Internet


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Designing games to educate diabetic children

APA Reference: 

Chen, G., Baghaei, N., Sarrafzadeh, A., Manford, C., Marshall, S., & Court, G. (2011). Designing games to educate diabetic children. In Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (Auckland, New Zealand), DIS '08. New York, NY: ACM, 72-75.

Author(s): 
Chen, G.
Baghaei, N.
Sarrafzadeh, A.
Manford, C.
Marshall, S.
Court, G.
Year: 
2011
Journal: 
Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Health topic:
Diabetes

Location:
Australia

Social Tags:
CDATA
Human–computer interaction
XML

Target Population:
Children
Patients
Young Children

Game platform:
Computer

Publication type:
Journal Article

Tags for: Designing games to educate diabetic children

Diabetes, Australia, CDATA, Human–computer interaction, XML, Children, Patients, Young Children, Computer, Journal Article

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Effective intervention or child's play? A review of video games for diabetes education

APA Reference: 

DeShazo, J., Harris, L., & Pratt, W. (2010). Effective intervention or child's play? A review of video games for diabetes education. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 12(10), 815-822.

Author(s): 
DeShazo, J.
Harris, L.
Pratt, W.
Year: 
2010
Journal: 
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
Health topic:
Diabetes

Social Tags:
CDATA
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Nutrition
Technology

Target Population:
Children
Young Children

Company:
Harris

Publication type:
Journal Article

Calais Document Category:
Technology

Game platform:
Video Game

Tags for: Effective intervention or child's play? A review of video games for diabetes education

Diabetes, CDATA, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Nutrition, Technology, Children, Young Children, Harris, Journal Article, Technology, Video Game

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Mission Nutrition

"Are you up to this nutrition challenge? Explore our kitchen and find out. You can open the fridge, snoop in the cabinet, and even play the message on the answering machine."

Game genre:
Educational
Entertainment

Health topic:
Food and Nutrition

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

tagthenet categories:
cabinet
challenge
Explore
fridge
kitchen
machine
message
mission
Nutrition
snoop

Social Tags:
CDATA
Healthy diet
Nutrition
Technology
XML

Target Population:
Children
Teens

URL:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/games/game_nutrition.html#cat122

Game platform:
Internet


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Ayogo Games, Inc.

At Ayogo, we’re helping people change their lives, one fun social game at a time.

Target Population:
Adults
Children
General Audience
Pre-Teens
Seniors
Teens
Young Adults

Organization type:
Animation Studio
Private Company
Software Company
Video Game Company
Web Developer

Social Tags:
Apple Inc.
CDATA
Computing
Facebook
IPhone
IPod
ITunes
Multi-touch
Portable media players
Technology
World Wide Web

Game platform:
CD/DVD
Computer
Handheld Device
Internet
Multi-Platform
Other

Services:
Cloud-based hosting
Education games
Game Design
Health games
Mobile Applications
Social Media Applications
Software Development

Organization expertise:
Game Development
Gamification

Calais Document Category:
Technology

Location:
Vancouver


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Earn The Stars

Earn the Stars is a merit-based tool for educating, motivating, recognizing and rewarding children to make good choices about nutrition and participating in physical activities.

Game genre:
Educational
Fitness

Health topic:
Exercise and Fitness
Food and Nutrition

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online
Register

Social Tags:
Academia
CDATA
Document
Education
Facebook
Nature
Nutrition
Technology
World Wide Web
XML

Target Population:
Children
Teens
Young Adults

Game platform:
Handheld Device
Internet


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The Immune System Defender

“In this game, you are a trainee soldier of the Immune System Defense Forces, defending a human against bacterial infection. You have two missions to complete.

Game genre:
Educational
Entertainment

Health topic:
Immune System

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Online

Social Tags:
Bacteria
Biology
Dendritic cell
Granulocyte
Immune system
Immunology
Macrophage
Medicine
Phagocyte
Technology
Testicular immunology
White blood cell

Target Population:
Children

Game platform:
Computer

URL:
http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immunity


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