Ludology 351 Better Health Through Gaming

About this episode

Erica and Sen discuss with Dr. Joe Macisco how games can improve health and social behaviors.

Erica and Sen talk with Dr. Joe Macisco, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine. Joe has been working on designing serious games for use in the public health field. Joe discusses how and why games can improve pro-health and pro-social behavioural changes.

People in this episode

Hosts: Erica Hayes-Bouyouris, Sen-Foong Lim

Guest: Dr. Joe Macisco

Topics covered

• health
• gaming
• serious games
• public health
• behavioral change

Keywords

• health games
• public health
• behavioral change
• serious games
• gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences

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