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Digital games and toys for health and healthcare: how to make them work best
7 October 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeThis presentation will introduce the main ingredients for a successful implementation of game mechanics (gamification) in e-health interventions intended for health-related behaviour and lifestyle modifications and for use in e-psychiatry, drawing on the best current research evidence in this domain, with some illustrative examples of games and toy gadgets.
- How do you conceptualise gamification for healthy behaviour change?
- What are apps for health?
- Want to find out about gamified interventions?
- How can a Facebook health game help people with diabetes improve their health through lifestyle changes?
- Can my Wii-fit really do me good?
- Will we see iPads on prescription?
Speaker: Professor Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Chair of Digital Health at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
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