Games for Health 2014: Proceedings of the 4th conference on gaming and playful interaction in healthcare (2014)

By: Ben Schouten and Stephen Fedtke and Marlies Schijven and Mirjam Vosmeer and Alex Gekker

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Synopsis: Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share information about the impact of games, playful interaction and game technologies on health, health care and policy. Over two days, more than 400 attendees participate in over 60 sessions provided by an international array of 80+ speakers, cutting across a wide range of activities in health and health care. Topics include exergaming, physical therapy, disease management, health behavior change, biofeedback, rehab, epidemiology, training, cognitive health, nutrition and health education.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783658071417
Related ISBNs:: 9783658071400
Publisher:: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Date of Addition:: 10/06/19
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Technology, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ben Schouten
Edited by:: Stephen Fedtke
Edited by:: Marlies Schijven
Edited by:: Mirjam Vosmeer
Edited by:: Alex Gekker