A Web-Based Game for Young Adolescents to Improve Parental Communication and Prevent Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections (The Secret of Seven Stones): Development and Feasibility Study.

Ross Shegog Laura Armistead Christine M Markham Sara Dube Hsing-Yi Song Pooja Chaudhary Angela Spencer Melissa F Peskin Diane M Santa Maria J Michael Wilkerson Robert C Addy Susan Tortolero Emery Jeffery McLaughlin

Published in: JMIR serious games (2021)

The SSS intergenerational game provides a unique addition to the limited cadre of home-based programs that facilitate parent involvement in influencing young adolescent behaviors and reducing adolescent sexual risk taking. The IM framework provided a logical and thorough approach to development and testing, attentive to the need for theoretical and empirical foundations in serious games for health.

Keyphrases

young adults
mental health
public health
virtual reality
healthcare
middle aged
physical activity
preterm birth
childhood cancer
health information
climate change