Games to engage: increasing mental health awareness

Craven, Michael P.; Simons, Lucy

Abstract

In recent years there has been rapid growth in the development and use of digital tools in healthcare. One area of research interest is the use of games as tools to improve health and education. Gamification of health is a broad area that includes games aimed at encouraging healthy behaviours through motivation, 'exergaming, ' which explicitly aims to improve health through physical activity, 'serious games' that are intended to support therapies and rehabilitation, and games that support training, for example through simulation. Another area is public health awareness and education which is an area of current research in MindTech.
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If done with care and sensitivity, bringing game elements into the toolkit of user-centred design methodologies for engaging people with research and mental health awareness has good
potential and is worthy of continued attention.

Citation

Craven, M. P., & Simons, L. (2015). Games to engage: increasing mental health awareness

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Feb 16, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 16, 2016
• Journal: Ergonomist
• Electronic ISSN: 0259-2221
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 536
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/985032
• Related Public URLs: http://iehf.org/ehf/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/536-February.pdf
• Additional Information: The Ergonomist editor was happy for their formatted version to go open access [author email].