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Serious Games for Health and Medicine (683) Games and Gamification for Health (650) Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts (252) Game Development (57)

Published on in Vol 7, No 2 (2019): Apr-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11565, first published .
Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Authors of this article:

Sarah Verschueren1 Author Orcid Image ;   Connor Buffel2 Author Orcid Image ;   Geert Vander Stichele1 Author Orcid Image
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