A review of serious gaming as an intervention for HIV prevention

AU Smith, GM Khawly, J Jann, APM Zetina… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purposeof Review Young people face the highest number of new HIV infections
globally. With today's increasing access to smartphones, serious games have been viewed …

[HTML][HTML] Digital Serious Games to Promote Behavior Change in Children With Chronic Diseases: Scoping Review and Development of a Self-Management Learning …

MA Sarasmita, YH Lee, FY Chan, HY Chen - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Digital serious games (SGs) have rapidly become a promising strategy for
entertainment-based health education; however, developing SGs for children with chronic …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone game to prevent HIV among young Africans (Tumaini): assessing intervention and study acceptability among adolescents and their parents in a …

G Sabben, V Mudhune, K Ondeng'e… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Young people aged 15 to 24 years account for one-third of new adult HIV
infections. Controlling the HIV epidemic requires effective interventions targeted toward …

[HTML][HTML] Pilot implementation of a user-driven, web-based application designed to improve sexual health knowledge and communication among young Zambians …

A Sharma, C Mwamba, M Ng'andu, V Kamanga… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Digital health interventions show promise in improving the uptake of HIV
services among adolescents and young people aged 15 to 24 years in sub-Saharan Africa …

[HTML][HTML] The Success of Serious Games and Gamified Systems in HIV Prevention and Care: Scoping Review

W Jitmun, P Palee, N Choosri, T Surapunt - JMIR Serious Games, 2023 - games.jmir.org
Background: AIDS, which is caused by HIV, has long been one of the most significant global
public health issues. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, various types of nonelectronic …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone game to prevent HIV among young Africans: protocol for a randomized pilot study of a mobile intervention

G Sabben, V Akelo, V Mudhune… - JMIR Research …, 2019 - researchprotocols.org
Background: Young people aged under 25 years make up an increasing proportion of the
population in emerging economies such as Kenya, where half of new adult HIV infections …

[HTML][HTML] The efficacy of a smartphone game to prevent HIV among young Africans: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial in the context of COVID-19

V Mudhune, G Sabben, K Ondenge… - JMIR research …, 2022 - researchprotocols.org
Background Adolescents contribute slightly less than one-third of all new HIV infections in
sub-Saharan Africa. There is a need for more effective intervention approaches to help …

[HTML][HTML] An evidence map on serious games in preventing sexually transmitted infections among adolescents: Systematic review about outcome categories …

K Ilskens, KJ Wrona, C Dockweiler… - JMIR Serious Games, 2022 - games.jmir.org
Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a global health risk.
Adolescents are at increased risk of infection for several reasons such as lack of knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] eHealth Communication With Clients at Community-Based HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in the Southern United States: Cross-Sectional Survey

LT Wigfall - JMIR Formative Research, 2020 - formative.jmir.org
Background: Providing HIV/STD testing and prevention education, medical and nonmedical
case management, housing assistance, transportation services, and patient navigation are …