id: 05993043
dt: a
an: 05993043
au: Gerling, Kathrin; Fuchslocher, Alberto; Schmidt, Ralf; Krämer, Nicole;
    Masuch, Maic
ti: Designing and evaluating casual health games for children and teenagers
    with cancer.
so: Anacleto, Junia Coutinho (ed.) et al., Entertainment computing ‒ ICEC
    2011. 10th international conference, ICEC 2011, Vancouver, Canada,
    October 5‒8, 2011. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN
    978-3-642-24499-5/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6972, 198-209
    (2011).
py: 2011
pu: Berlin: Springer
la: EN
cc: 
ut: Casual Games; Game Design; Games for Health; Serious Games; Childhood
    Cancer; Persuasive Games
ci: 
li: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-24500-8_21
ab: Summary: Because they offer an easy entry into play, casual games have
    become an increasingly popular leisure activity among children and
    teenagers, engaging particularly broad target audiences. In this paper,
    we present a casual game that addresses childhood cancer: Besides mere
    entertainment, a health game that focuses on cancer may serve as a
    clinical tool in order to teach children about the particularities of
    the disease and initiate discussion among cancer patients, their
    parents and medical staff. In this context, the results of an empirical
    study revealed a generally high acceptance of the health game among
    young patients, while parents and medical staff highlighted the
    educational potential of health games addressing cancer. Additionally,
    we discuss the challenges of evaluating digital games in a hospital
    setting which were revealed during the evaluation phase.
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