Games for Health

Games for Health is also the name of series of conferences made possible in part by funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their Pioneer Portfolio program. Games for Health is a part of the Serious Games Initiative.

The conference has received media attention for its work to showcase the health and research implications of video games.{{ cite web | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/11/digital-gamers-target-disease/ | year=2008 | title=Digital gamers target disease | publisher=The Washington Times | accessdate=2010-04-13 }}{{ cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/134298 | year=2008 | last=Begley | first=Sharon | title=This Is Your Brain on a Videogame | publisher=Newsweek | accessdate=2010-04-13 }}{{ cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90448872 | year=2008 | last=Aubrey | first=Allison | title=Gaming Your Way to Fitness | publisher=National Public Radio | accessdate=2010-04-13 }}

• September 2004 – Madison, Wisconsin
• September 2005 – Baltimore, Maryland
• September 2006 – Baltimore, Maryland
• May 2008 – Baltimore, Maryland
• June 2009 – Boston, Massachusetts
• May 2010 – Boston, Massachusetts

==Journal==

Games for Health Journal is also a peer-reviewed journal, which was launched in February 2012 and is published by Mary Ann Liebert publishers.{{Cite web |title=Games for health journal |url=https://journalpublishingguide.vu.nl/WebQuery/vubrowser/26845 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=VU Amsterdam}}

• Exergaming

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135901/https://gamesforhealth.org/ Games for Health Conference Homepage]
• [http://www.gamesforhealtheurope.org Games for Health Conference Europe Homepage]
• [http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/games-for-health-journal/588/ Games for Health Journal Homepage]

Category:Health education in the United States

Category:Mary Ann Liebert academic journals