News

May 2018

2018 Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting

But do they like it? Participant satisfaction and gameplay experience of a public health videogame intervention in adolescents

"But do they like it? Participant satisfaction and gameplay experience of a public health videogame intervention in adolescents" poster presentation presented at Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting on May 7, 2018, in Toronto, CAN.

May 2018

Department of New Haven and State Affairs, Connecticut

We Came to Play: Utilizing videogames to promote health and reduce risk in adolescents

“We Came to Play: Utilizing videogames to promote health and reduce risk in adolescents” presented at the Department of New Haven and State Affairs on May 3, 2018, New Haven, CT.

April 2018

2018 Technology, Mind, and Society Conference

Impact of a Smoking Prevention Videogame Intervention for Teens

"Impact of a smoking prevention videogame intervention for teens", poster presentation presented at the Technology, Mind, and Society Conference on April 5, 2018, in Washington, DC.

March 2018

CVS Health

CVS Health Launches Year Three of Be The First, Its $50 Million Initiative To Help Deliver a Tobacco-Free Generation

CVS Health announced that it will award $10 million in 2018 to continue to support youth smoking prevention and education programs and strategies throughout the United States. Among the new investments being delivered in 2018 are a $1.4 million grant to the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games. More >

March 2018

Yale News

Yale videogame research lab receives grant to tackle smoking among teens

The Yale Center for Health & Learning Games has received a three-year, $1.4 million grant to study and disseminate their videogame intervention, smokeSCREEN, to raise awareness and prevent smoking and use of electronic cigarettes among teens. More >

March 2018

2018 Society For Adolescent Health and Medicine Conference

A Videogame Intervention for Tobacco Product Use Prevention in Adolescents

"A Videogame Intervention for Tobacco Product Use Prevention in Adolescents" presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine on March 14, 2018, in Seattle, Washington.

December 2017

Medicine@Yale

Boost for Method to Curb Teen Smoking

A gift from CVS Health Foundation to the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games will focus on getting the tobacco prevention videogame intervention, smokeSCREEN, into kids hands. More >

November 2017

Broadly - VICE

The Role-Playing Video Game Where Teens Navigate Sex

An article about the videogame, PlayForward: Elm City Stories. More >

November 2017

Yale TCORS Pilot Study Meeting

Are Videogame Interventions a Game Changer? A Look at the Science Behind Videogame Interventions for Risk Reduction in Teens

"Are Videogame Interventions a Game Changer? A Look at the Science Behind Videogame Interventions for Risk Reduction in Teens", Yale TCORS Pilot Study Meeting on November 14, 2017, in New Haven, CT.