CDC Adds Smoking Prevention Video Game to Health Museum.ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--March 29, 1999--Today at the National Managed Health Care Congress (Booth No. 2236), Click Health, Inc. (www.clickhealth.com) announced that its smoking prevention video game, Rex Ronan, will become an interactive exhibit at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Health Odyssey Odyssey (ŏd`ĭsē): see Homer. Odyssey Homer’s long, narrative poem centered on Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Epic Odyssey museum at CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation headquarters in Atlanta, GA. "We are looking forward to including Rex Ronan in our museum," said Judy Gantt, director of the museum. "Thousands of school-age children tour the museum annually. It's important to provide them with this powerful anti-smoking message." "Tobacco use kills 450,000 Americans each year," said Alan Miller Alan Miller is a pioneering and influential figure in the video game industry. He was an early game designer and programmer for Atari 2600 games who went on to found two large video game developers and publishers. , Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Click Health. "We're using video game technology, the most popular and powerful information medium for young people, to teach them about the hazards of smoking and to strengthen their resolve never to smoke. And Rex Ronan has been shown to be effective at communicating this message to children." Results of a pilot study of Rex Ronan, conducted at the Medical College of Georgia In 1828, it was chartered by the state of Georgia as the Medical Academy of Georgia, with plans to offer a single course of lectures leading to a bachelor's degree. It opened the following year on October 1st at the Augusta hospital. , were published in the peer-reviewed Journal peer-reviewed journal Refereed journal Academia A professional journal that only publishes articles subjected to a rigorous peer validity review process. Cf Throwaway journal. of Addictions Nursing (Vol. 9, No. 3): "After using the video game, the children had a better grasp of the specific consequences of smoking. The children illustrated this new resolve not to smoke with concrete examples of what would happen if they did. ... Focus group data from this study supported the appeal of the video game as a potential intervention to prevent smoking initiation. Children concluded that there was appeal in the intervention and even expressed the desire to continue using the video game. ... This study may represent a significant contribution to a comprehensive program aimed at preventing initiation of childhood smoking ... The strategy of a video game intervention with demonstrated appeal has the potential to become an effective component of a comprehensive smoking prevention program." Click Health, Inc. develops and distributes clinically proven, patented, interactive technology products that improve people's health. Created by medical experts, instructional design Instructional design is the practice of arranging media (communication technology) and content to help learners and teachers transfer knowledge most effectively. The process consists broadly of determining the current state of learner understanding, defining the end goal of specialists, and experienced video game designers, Click Health products are engaging, fun, and effective. Products for asthma self-management (Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus is an educational Super Nintendo Entertainment System action game that takes place in a prehistoric city. The game attempts to teach children about controlling their asthma. (tm)), diabetes self-management (Packy & Marlon(tm)), and smoking prevention (Rex Ronan(tm)) are available for Windows compatible personal computers and the Super Nintendo video game system. |
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