A study presented at the International AIDS Conference shows that an
iPad-based video game can improve teenagers' knowledge about HIV/AIDS.
The researchers found that knowledge about HIV/AIDS increased by three
to four points on an HIV knowledge-based test among individuals who
played the video game. MedPageToday.
Teenagers who played an iPad-based "serious" video game learned significantly more about HIV/AIDS compared with those who played conventional video games, according to a new study presented at the International AIDS Conference, MedPageToday reports.
Fiellin noted, "Serious games hold the promise of delivering HIV prevention interventions with increased access, fidelity, dissemination and impact." She added, "Data from video game play and the systems developed to analyze them offer the opportunity to evaluate directly how game play experience is related to self-reported outcomes" (Susman, MedPageToday, 7/23/2014).
