Comments for healthGAMERS http://www.healthgamers.com Playing games to improve lives. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:01:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Interactive Taboo: Tackling HIV/AIDS with Games by Melanie M. Lazarus, MPH http://www.healthgamers.com/2009/making-games/interactive-taboo-tackling-hivaids-with-games/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Melanie M. Lazarus, MPH Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:01:12 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=971#comment-101 @jenny - Great questions! It is my understanding that the CLICK game is part of a larger longitudinal study that is still in progress (I believe it is a 10 year study). The game will probably not be made available until after all findings have been published. It's unfortunate that many games involved in research studies never actually make it to the public, but perhaps this will be an exception. I suggest contacting Dr. Ross Shegog at the Univ of Texas Health Science Center who led game production. As far as other HIV games, please visit our health games page, scroll towards the bottom and look under under Healthy Relationships / HIV: http://www.healthgamers.com/health-games/. You will find several links to games there like Pamoja Mtaani and Adventures in Sex City that might suit your needs. @jenny – Great questions! It is my understanding that the CLICK game is part of a larger longitudinal study that is still in progress (I believe it is a 10 year study). The game will probably not be made available until after all findings have been published. It’s unfortunate that many games involved in research studies never actually make it to the public, but perhaps this will be an exception. I suggest contacting Dr. Ross Shegog at the Univ of Texas Health Science Center who led game production.

As far as other HIV games, please visit our health games page, scroll towards the bottom and look under under Healthy Relationships / HIV: http://www.healthgamers.com/health-games/. You will find several links to games there like Pamoja Mtaani and Adventures in Sex City that might suit your needs.

]]> Comment on Interactive Taboo: Tackling HIV/AIDS with Games by jenny http://www.healthgamers.com/2009/making-games/interactive-taboo-tackling-hivaids-with-games/comment-page-1/#comment-99 jenny Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:21:41 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=971#comment-99 Does anyone know whether the CLICK game is now available to the public? If so, do you know where I can access a copy. Also, are there any other HIV/AIDS education games you could recommend? Thanks. Does anyone know whether the CLICK game is now available to the public? If so, do you know where I can access a copy.

Also, are there any other HIV/AIDS education games you could recommend?

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Interactive Taboo: Tackling HIV/AIDS with Games by Jake Cullen http://www.healthgamers.com/2009/making-games/interactive-taboo-tackling-hivaids-with-games/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Jake Cullen Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:26:03 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=971#comment-98 HIV is a disease that is still incurable today. We should always practice safe sex and also educate our people how to avoid the spread of this disease. HIV is a disease that is still incurable today. We should always practice safe sex and also educate our people how to avoid the spread of this disease.

]]> Comment on The Most Heart Healthy Wii Games by Ernie Medina, Jr. http://www.healthgamers.com/2010/research-theory/the-most-heart-healthy-wii-games/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Ernie Medina, Jr. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:21 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=1254#comment-97 Like any traditional sport, the myriad types of sports and how you play can make a difference in the kcal expenditure. Riding a bicycle can be a very low intensity activity or a very high one, depending on terrain and how you ride. What tends to happen is when studies like this ACE study comes out, people tend to lump ALL exergaming into one boat...and we know from other studies, such as the work done by Dr. Bryan Haddock (out of Cal State San Bernardino), some of it at the XRtainment Zone, have shown that exergaming CAN reach the moderate level. We'll be presenting his work and others at a couple of Amer. College of Sports Medicine conferences in the next few months, and lastly, at the Games for Health conf. in May. BTW, use of the motion plus on teh Wiimote makes it more difficult to play with just a flick of the wrist! ;-) Like any traditional sport, the myriad types of sports and how you play can make a difference in the kcal expenditure. Riding a bicycle can be a very low intensity activity or a very high one, depending on terrain and how you ride.

What tends to happen is when studies like this ACE study comes out, people tend to lump ALL exergaming into one boat…and we know from other studies, such as the work done by Dr. Bryan Haddock (out of Cal State San Bernardino), some of it at the XRtainment Zone, have shown that exergaming CAN reach the moderate level.

We’ll be presenting his work and others at a couple of Amer. College of Sports Medicine conferences in the next few months, and lastly, at the Games for Health conf. in May.

BTW, use of the motion plus on teh Wiimote makes it more difficult to play with just a flick of the wrist! ;-)

]]> Comment on Attention All Medical Professionals: The Game Is On by Ernie Medina, Jr. http://www.healthgamers.com/2009/using-health-games/attention-all-medical-professionals-the-game-is-on/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Ernie Medina, Jr. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:55:27 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=585#comment-96 Have you seen the recent news on how the feds (CTO specifically) is getting into health gaming, and how they'll be announcing a video game design competition for getting kids to eat better and exercise more? Yeah!!! Have you seen the recent news on how the feds (CTO specifically) is getting into health gaming, and how they’ll be announcing a video game design competition for getting kids to eat better and exercise more? Yeah!!!

]]> Comment on Xbox 360 to Revolutionize Electronic Medical Records? by Ernie Medina, Jr. http://www.healthgamers.com/2010/disease-management/xbox-360-to-revolutionize-electronic-medical-records/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Ernie Medina, Jr. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:51:46 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=1284#comment-95 Excellent post! I've been talking about this kind of thing in my recent presentations--lastly at the APHA conf. last Nov., and will be talking more about this on a panel at GDC, an ACSM conf., and the Healthy People Conf. here in LLU in a couple of weeks. Hope to learn more about this! Excellent post! I’ve been talking about this kind of thing in my recent presentations–lastly at the APHA conf. last Nov., and will be talking more about this on a panel at GDC, an ACSM conf., and the Healthy People Conf. here in LLU in a couple of weeks.

Hope to learn more about this!

]]> Comment on Computer Games for Cooking and Weight Loss by Ally Kaye http://www.healthgamers.com/2009/nutrition/computer-games-for-cooking-and-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Ally Kaye Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:50:28 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=547#comment-94 When you are trying to lose weight, the best way to do it is still by proper dieting and exercise. Avoid taking slimming pills at all cost, they do more harm than good. When you are trying to lose weight, the best way to do it is still by proper dieting and exercise. Avoid taking slimming pills at all cost, they do more harm than good.

]]> Comment on Xbox 360 to Revolutionize Electronic Medical Records? by Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.healthgamers.com/2010/disease-management/xbox-360-to-revolutionize-electronic-medical-records/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:52 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=1284#comment-93 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=2144 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=2144

]]> Comment on Gaming as a Rehab Technique by RM - InBoundmarketingpr http://www.healthgamers.com/2010/using-health-games/gaming-as-a-rehab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-91 RM - InBoundmarketingpr Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:11:59 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=1269#comment-91 Amazing article that shows how technology & medicine can merge and how many incredible tools can could out of that marriage. The progress being made via the use of technology in the medical field is both exciting and innovative. For more information see how technology is being used to help patients with mobility - http://bit.ly/5HTe11 Thanks for such a great post! RM Amazing article that shows how technology & medicine can merge and how many incredible tools can could out of that marriage. The progress being made via the use of technology in the medical field is both exciting and innovative. For more information see how technology is being used to help patients with mobility – http://bit.ly/5HTe11

Thanks for such a great post!

RM

]]> Comment on Gaming the Flu: Having Fun With H1N1 by Ally http://www.healthgamers.com/2009/using-health-games/gaming-the-flu-having-fun-with-h1n1/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Ally Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:53:55 +0000 http://www.healthgamers.com/?p=542#comment-90 i remember being scared of getting infected by H1N1 during the height of the pandemic. at least two of my classmates got infected by H1N1. i remember being scared of getting infected by H1N1 during the height of the pandemic. at least two of my classmates got infected by H1N1.

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