Naslov
Impact of an environmental epidemiology board game on knowledge, experience, and attitudes among children: A pilot study
(Impact of an environmental epidemiology board game on knowledge, experience, and attitudes among children: A pilot study)

Autori
Pranic, Shelly Melissa ; Batinovic, Tina

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, predtisak (preprint)

Godina
2021

Ključne riječi
Children ; Experience ; Environmental epidemiology ; Serious games

Sažetak
Children are especially vulnerable to environmental harms, thus increasing their knowledge about risk factors caused by environmental exposures, in addition to epidemiology by providing practical experiences through a non-computer based educational game in environmental epidemiology may lead to more promising behavioral outcomes. Because no educational game exists in environmental epidemiology, we augmented an existing epidemiology game by adding an environmental health theme, involving practical decision-making and problem solving in environmental epidemiology. A crosssectional survey assessed the game's impact, on children's knowledge, experience, and attitudes regarding environmental health, and experience and attitudes toward epidemiology following game exposure in 2016. Participants from Croatia had a median age of 11.5 years with interquartile range (IQR) 11-13. The majority of children indicated they had learned a lot about the environmental health concepts newly added to an existing epidemiology game. Our modified game offers interactive and practical examples, which may facilitate teaching environmental epidemiology to elementary school students.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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