TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lima, Isabela Dantas de Araujo
AU  - Ponce de Leon, Casandra Genoveva Rosales Martins
AU  - Ribeiro, Laiane Medeiros
AU  - Silva, Izabel Cristina Rodrigues da
AU  - Vilela, Danielle Monteiro
AU  - Fonseca, Luciana Mara Monti
AU  - Góes, Fernanda dos Santos Nogueira de
AU  - Funghetto, Silvana Schwerz
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/2/18
TI  - A Serious Game (Immunitates) About Immunization: Development and Validation Study
JO  - JMIR Serious Games
SP  - e30738
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
KW  - educational technology
KW  - immunization
KW  - nursing education
KW  - validation
KW  - methodological study
KW  - vaccination
KW  - public health
KW  - nursing students
KW  - teaching
KW  - education
KW  - support tool
KW  - continuing education
AB  - Background: Vaccination is a fundamental part of all levels—local to worldwide—of public health, and it can be considered one of humanity's greatest achievements in the control and elimination of infectious diseases. Teaching immunization and vaccination can be monotonous and tiring. It is necessary to develop new approaches for teaching these themes in nursing school. Objective: We aimed to develop and validate a serious game about immunization and vaccination for Brazilian nursing students. Methods: We developed a quiz-type game, Immunitates, using design and educational theoretical models and Brazilian National Health Guidelines. The game’s heuristics and content were evaluated with 2 different instruments by a team of experts. A sample of nursing students evaluated the validity of the game’s heuristics only. We calculated the content validity index (CVI) for each evaluation. Results: The study included 49 experts and 15 nursing students. All evaluations demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach α≥.86). The game’s heuristics (experts: CVI 0.75-1.0; students: CVI 0.67-1.0) and the game’s contents demonstrated validity (experts: CVI 0.73-1.0). Participants identified some specific areas for improvement in the next version. Conclusions: The serious game appears to be valid. It is intended as a support tool for nursing students in the teaching–learning process and as a tool for continuing education for nurses. 
SN  - 2291-9279
UR  - https://games.jmir.org/2022/1/e30738
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/30738
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35179496
DO  - 10.2196/30738
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/30738
ER  -