Are Pediatricians "game"? Reducing Childhood Obesity by Training Clinicians to Use Motivational Interviewing Through Role-Play Simulations with Avatars

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 174-178

  Radecki, Linda ^a   Goldman, Ron ^b   Baker, Alison ^a   Lindros, Jeanne ^a   Boucher, Jenelle ^b  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^b Kognito   (United States)

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EID: 84992697184     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0020     Document Type: Article

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