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Health Games Research Launches Online Database

By pete_gallagher

A new online database has been launched which indexes and tracks over 1,200 resources related to games that promote health.

Health Games Research is an arm of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio. The new site features research findings and publications, information on organizations and upcoming events, as well as detailed information on specific health games.

Debra Lieberman (pictured), Ph.D., Director of Health Games Research and Communication Researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, stated:

This database is designed to serve a wide range of people, from doctors who want to create games in their area of specialty, to health promotion professionals who want to use games in health campaigns, to students looking for academic programs in video game design and production, to game developers looking for health behavior-change strategies to incorporate into their games, to researchers looking for journal articles and collaborators.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on April 14, 2010 (boomark / email).