Planning Serious Games: Adapting Approaches for Development

Morais, Alana Marques de; Rodrigues, Herbet Ferreira; Machado, Liliane S.; Valença, Ana Maria Gondim

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14533-9_40

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“…Dental caries is still a major oral health problem in most industrialized countries, affecting 60–90% of schoolchildren and the vast majority of adults. It is also a most prevalent oral disease in several Asian and Latin-American countries, while it appears to be less common and less severe in most African countries [ 1 ]. Within-country disparities are also common, with preschool children from disadvantaged communities generally experiencing higher levels of disease than the general population [ 2 , 3 ].…”

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Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries: A Cross-Sectional Study of Preschool Children in Kanpur District, India

Shrutha

Vinit

Giri³

et al. 2013

ISRN Dentistry

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Background. Early childhood caries (ECC) is a public health problem due to its impact on children's health, development, and wellbeing. The objective of this study was to assess the caries experience in 3–5-year-old children and to evaluate the relationship with their mothers' practices regarding feeding and oral hygiene habits in Kanpur. Method. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken on 2000 (974 boys and 1026 girls) children aged 3–5 years from a random sample of preschools in Kanpur district, India. Dental caries experience was recorded using WHO criteria. A pretested questionnaire with 9 questions was used for collecting information regarding mothers' practices regarding feeding and oral hygiene practices. Chi-square test (χ 2) and Student's t-test were used for statistical analysis. Results. The prevalence of ECC was 48% with mean dmft of 2.03 ± 2.99. Boys (57%) were affected more than girls (43%) which was found to be statistically significant (P < 0.05). Caries prevalence was high and statistically significant (P < 0.05) among those who were breast fed for longer duration, during nighttime, those falling asleep with bottle, and those fed with additional sugar in milk. Conclusion. Determining the role of feeding practices on early childhood caries can help in the development of appropriate oral health promotion strategies.

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Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries: A Cross-Sectional Study of Preschool Children in Kanpur District, India

Shrutha

Vinit

Giri³

et al. 2013

ISRN Dentistry

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“…These are some of the many projects on SG applied to health. [20]. The relevance of this study in the future, relates to understanding what a social game can do for your community, and through it help to create communities and / or its maintenance.…”

Section: Serious Games and Health Gamesmentioning

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An approach about health games to social network environment

Pinho

Paredes

Zagalo

2011

2011 IEEE 1st International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH)

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Abstract:The need for contact, sharing and socializing is part of human nature, so that the community's role is vital to the survival of the species. With the development of Information and Communication Technologies and their influence on society and everyday life, led the search for new ways to build relationships and create communities among people, creating virtual communities; turn social networks emerge as new forms of association that respond to more complex understanding of human interaction in a way that the wider community; these to promote your main goal, more integrated into the games as a tool of socialization. The impact of current games at various levels, as the social and economic development, and its applicability in various fields, it becomes important to analyze the contribution of the community. It is intended in this article, a description of the factors that motivate this research to a later stage to develop the proposed objectives: to analyze the new social reality and develop a model that allows adapting the health games to social games in order to foster the creation / sustainability of communities based on social networks, aiming to raise awareness of health issues, increasing knowledge and sharing of experiences of members of communities.

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“…This game used an approach based on agents to support decision making in the game intelligence. Also for Dentistry, the Touchbrush game ( Figure 5) investigated the use of haptic devices in games and provides an solution for the learning of good practices in tooth brushing [12].…”

Section: Viserious Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%