Ninja Kitchen to the rescue: Evaluation of a food safety education game for middle school youth

British Food Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 686-699

  Quick, Virginia ^a   Corda, Kirsten W ^b   Chamberlin, Barbara ^c   Schaffner, Donald W ^d   Byrd Bredbenner, Carol ^d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cooking; Food safety; Hygiene; Individual behaviour; Intentions; Kitchen; Middle schools; Self efficacy; Serious games; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878254008     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701311331481     Document Type: Article

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