Database

WiseHealthKids

Developer:

WiseHealthKids

Website

WiseHealthKids.com is a web site for kids that offers a set of educational and health games that encourage players to make smarter eating choices. Players can subscribe to this site to engage in puzzles, exercises, challenges, and activities that focus on ways to adopt healthier habits. This site was created to help combat child obesity and is a safe interactive environment.

Mirror Image

Developer:

Mirror Image

Website

Food Force

Developer:

Food Force

Website

Published by the United Nations Food Program, Food Force requires players to take charge of a relief effort for a country that has been desecrated by war and hunger. Players complete six missions including organizing and distributing food packages, coordinating supply drops by air, and encouraging schooling.

At-Risk

Developer:

At-Risk

Website

At- Risk is a training game designed to help faculty and staff identify and approach students that appear to be experiencing mental distress. Through simulated conversations within the game, players interact with virtual students dealing with suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety, and symptoms of paranoia.

Choices: What Would I Do? - The Crush

Developer:

Choices: What Would I Do? - The Crush

Website

Choices: What Would I Do? is a collection of three free, online games that present real-life scenarios to players. In The Crush, "You finally strike up a conversation with Darren, the hot guy in your English class. He invites you to meet up with him and his friends at a dance party on Friday night." Players must make decisions that affect the outcome of the situation and will witness the positive or negative consequences of their decisions.

Management of chronic pediatric diseases with interactive health games: Theory and research findings

Author/s:

Lieberman, D. A.

Citation:

Lieberman, D. A. (2001). Management of chronic pediatric diseases with interactive health games: Theory and research findings. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 24(1), 26-38.

Squire’s Quest!

Developer:

Squire’s Quest!

Website

Disaster in Franklin County: A Public Health Simulation

Developer:

Disaster in Franklin County: A Public Health Simulation

Website

In Disaster in Franklin County: A Public Health Simulation, players assume the role of a public health professional during a time of a natural disaster. Players experience multiple professions in the public health industry in an attempt to gain a greater understanding of the issues involved in a natural disaster. This game was developed by the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.