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PROTOTYPE OF AN EDUCATIONAL GAME FOR KNOWLEDGE RETENTION IN YOUTH HEALTH EDUCATION

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Date Issued:
2014
Abstract/Description:
There is some debate about the most effective and least controversial means of sex education in schools. In several states, state law does not require education about Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (STDs and HIV/AIDS.) There is also debate about the effect and pervasiveness of sexual situations in video games and its effect on the healthy sexual development of adolescents. This research therefore aims to try to solve these two problems and answer the following question: Is it possible to represent sex in a more realistic and educational way through a video game while teaching more medically accurate and necessary information? The completion of this study will be able to provide some insights on the feasibility and benefits of widespread implementation of serious video games for health education in the United States and also point to the necessity of future research into this topic.
Title: PROTOTYPE OF AN EDUCATIONAL GAME FOR KNOWLEDGE RETENTION IN YOUTH HEALTH EDUCATION.
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Name(s): Vogel, Jennifer, Author
Montagne, Euripides, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2014
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: There is some debate about the most effective and least controversial means of sex education in schools. In several states, state law does not require education about Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (STDs and HIV/AIDS.) There is also debate about the effect and pervasiveness of sexual situations in video games and its effect on the healthy sexual development of adolescents. This research therefore aims to try to solve these two problems and answer the following question: Is it possible to represent sex in a more realistic and educational way through a video game while teaching more medically accurate and necessary information? The completion of this study will be able to provide some insights on the feasibility and benefits of widespread implementation of serious video games for health education in the United States and also point to the necessity of future research into this topic.
Identifier: CFH0004656 (IID), ucf:45257 (fedora)
Note(s): 2014-08-01
B.S.
Engineering and Computer Science, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Bachelors
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Subject(s): educational video game
health education
youth health education
reproductive education
video games for health
games
education
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004656
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Host Institution: UCF

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