Utilizing games in the co-production of mental health services

Raitio, Katja; Siitonen, Marko; Hopia, Hanna

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“…For example, (focus) group discussions, the second-most prevalent activity (19 studies), were used as icebreakers [ 45 , 56 ], to generate ideas [ 46 , 50 , 63 ] and reflect on the end product [ 22 , 55 , 57 , 61 ]. In another instance, the fourth-most prevalent activity interviews (used in 17 studies) were used equally formatively to discover and define the problem space [ 41 , 59 , 82 ] and evaluate prototypes or concepts [ 24 , 52 , 53 , 81 ]. Presumably because our study sample overall leaned toward “earlier” sensitizing, ideation, and prototyping stages, most activities were used in these stages; only feedback sessions , some instances of game-play evaluation , and 1 timeline activity [ 68 ] (asking CYP players to chart their game-play likes and dislikes and experiences of challenge) occurred during an evaluation phase.…”

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“…However, “user involvement” describes a wide and messy field. Different research and practice communities have developed parallel traditions with confusing differences and overlaps in name, underlying values, and details of implementation, for example, human-centered design [ 15 , 21 ] in computing and human-computer interaction (HCI); participatory design [ 22 , 23 ], co-design [ 21 ], or coproduction [ 24 ] in design; patient and public involvement in health [ 25 , 26 ]; or action research, participatory research and science, or citizen science across the (social) sciences [ 15 , 25 , 27 - 29 ]. Despite regularly involving end users in the form of playtesting, applied game design still has no strong tradition of granting users more agency and input, particularly in the early stages of the design process [ 30 , 31 ].…”

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Children and Young People’s Involvement in Designing Applied Games: Scoping Review

Saiger¹,

Deterding²,

Gega³

2023

JMIR Serious Games

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Background User involvement is widely accepted as key for designing effective applied games for health. This especially holds true for children and young people as target audiences, whose abilities, needs, and preferences can diverge substantially from those of adult designers and players. Nevertheless, there is little shared knowledge about how concretely children and young people have been involved in the design of applied games, let alone consensus guidance on how to do so effectively. Objective The aim of this scoping review was to describe which user involvement methods have been used in the design of applied games with children and young people, how these methods were implemented, and in what roles children and young people were involved as well as what factors affected their involvement. Methods We conducted a systematic literature search and selection across the ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Web of Science databases using State of the Art through Systematic Review software for screening, selection, and data extraction. We then conducted a qualitative content analysis on the extracted data using NVivo. Results We retrieved 1085 records, of which 47 (4.33%) met the eligibility criteria. The chief involvement methods were participatory design (20/47, 43%) and co-design (16/47, 37%), spanning a wide range of 45 concrete activities with paper prototyping, group discussions, and playtesting being the most frequent. In only half of the studies (24/47, 51%), children and young people participated as true design partners. Our qualitative content analysis suggested 5 factors that affect their successful involvement: comprehension, cohesion, confidence, accessibility, and time constraints. Conclusions Co-design, participatory design, and similar high-level labels that are currently used in the field gloss over very uneven degrees of participation in design and a wide variety of implementations that greatly affect actual user involvement. This field would benefit from more careful consideration and documentation of the reason of user involvement. Future research should explore concrete activities and configurations that can address the common challenges of involving children and young people, such as comprehension, cohesion, confidence, and accessibility.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Children and Young People’s Involvement in Designing Applied Games: Scoping Review

Saiger¹,

Deterding²,

Gega³

2023

JMIR Serious Games

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“…Video games are electronic games that can be played on a device such as personal computer, game console, smartphone or tablet (Haaranen et al, 2014). These games are potentially not only a recreational tool as an increasingly popular activity, but also as a workspace (Palaus et al, 2017).…”

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Self-Deciding Character Development Application in Two-Dimensional Video Games

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AYDIN,

ÇETİNKAYA

et al. 2023

Bilgi Ve İletişim Teknolojileri Dergisi

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, which have started to be used in almost all areas of life, are now also used in games. Especially for bot systems that play the game automatically in many popular video games recently, it has become possible for these bots to defeat the grandmasters of the game with advanced Deep Learning (DL) methods. The purpose of this study is to develop an AI-based two-dimensional video game in Unity 2D Game Engine, which can decide what the game characters will do within their abilities. In the game application, the two-dimensional game character is controlled by the user. This character moves in a two-dimensional game plane that is created using procedural plane generation algorithms. In addition, statistics such as the number of enemies defeated and the level reached in the game are recorded. The game is based on the Unity2D game engine and is written in C#. In the study, 8 different experiments are performed. In these experiments, the player's success time in the game with different equipment defined for the character is measured. This time ranges from 0.54 seconds to 1.88 seconds. Today, AI algorithms are developed to play computer games better or to design better games, and new games are designed to improve AI algorithms. In this context, it is evaluated that this study will contribute to the literature on the use of AI in computer games.

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“…New forms of collaboration are introduced to support eHealth and eWellbeing innovations. This means innovative instruments and services that are utilizing technology to improve the patient experience or to supplement the more traditional forms of services [3].…”

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Value for all? Dynamics of partnership formation in occupational healthcare collaboration

2021

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Interorganizational relationships take advantages of surrounding networks to create value. However, there is little processual understanding of how cooperative partnerships ‘work’ in healthcare collaboration. From the value creation perspective, their mobilization, management and maintenance are challenging. To understand the value of cooperative partnerships, we explore the dynamics of partnership formation in occupational healthcare collaboration. The empirical data is based on a two-year qualitative case study examining e-value co-creation in healthcare. The research data was obtained through a participatory action research method. We facilitated and followed up a developmental process of the partnership between an occupational health service company and its customer organization. This partnership aimed to add strategic value through the co-creation method to improve the well-being of employees and to promote eHealth solutions. In analyzing the data, we adopted a process orientation that allowed us to explore dynamics in partnership formation and its e-value co-creation. We used Ring and Van de Ven’s [1] framework to examine how cooperative interorganizational relationship develops through the stages of negotiation, commitment and execution. Our longitudinal case study analysis reveals how interaction, mutual sensemaking and institutional logics affect partnership and its value creation. The results show that the formation of a cooperative partnership is a challenging inter-organizational learning process. Our study demonstrates three tensions characterizing the dynamics of partnership: asymmetrical roles and positions between partners (customer and service provider) in co-creation, exploitation of institutionalized practices versus the exploration of new methods for collaboration, and tradeoffs between the operational logic and the co-creation logic. To create value for all in cooperative partnership, we emphasize the necessity of dialogue, mutual trust, interorganizational learning and processual feedback of accomplishments. At its best, cooperative partnership in healthcare collaboration can challenge existing practices of service provision and develop new concepts, roles and tools to promote health and well-being at workplaces through co-creation as a working method in occupational health collaboration.

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Utilizing games in the co-production of mental health services

Cited by 4 publications

References 25 publications

Children and Young People’s Involvement in Designing Applied Games: Scoping Review

Children and Young People’s Involvement in Designing Applied Games: Scoping Review

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Self-Deciding Character Development Application in Two-Dimensional Video Games

Value for all? Dynamics of partnership formation in occupational healthcare collaboration

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