title: Serious Games for Sexual Health.
abstract: Program developers and researchers in the sexual health domain have increasingly embraced technological trends as they emerge. With the emergence of serious game applications to impact health behaviors, a natural step for research enquiry will be the investigation of serious games for sexual health education. We invited a panel of sexual health researchers who are working at the intersection of sexual health behavior change and technology applications to comment on the place of serious games in furthering the field of sexual health. The panel grappled with six questions.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Texas School of Public Health , Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shegog
authors.affiliation: 2 Coventry University , Coventry, United Kingdom .
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Colorado School of Public Health , Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Sheana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.affiliation: 4 University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.affiliation: 5 Yale School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hieftje
authors.affiliation: 6 University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, Arkansas.
authors.forename: Kristen N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Jozkowski
authors.affiliation: 7 Center for Innovative Public Health Research , San Clemente, California.
authors.forename: Michele L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ybarra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000193:education*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D060756:Social Networking; D012985:Software Design; D018910:Video Games