EBug - Teaching children hygiene principles using educational games

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 600-604

  Kostkova, Patty ^a   Farrell, David ^a   De Quincey, Ed ^a   Weinberg, Julius ^a   Lecky, Donna ^b   McNulty, Cliodna ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Detective game; Educational games; Hand and respiratory hygiene; Infectious disease; Microbes; Platform game

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DETECTIVE GAME; EDUCATIONAL GAME; HAND AND RESPIRATORY HYGIENE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBES; PLATFORM GAME;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 78649524618     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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