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2021 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo
An accessible digital intervention to promote STI/HIV testing/counseling and prevention among adolescents
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo: “An accessible digital intervention to promote STI/HIV testing/counseling and prevention among adolescents.” Virtual Roundtable Presentation, October 26, 2021.
2021 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo
Incorporating Social Connections into the Design and Development of PlaySmart, a Videogame Prevention Intervention to Address Opioid Misuse in Adolescents
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo: “Incorporating Social Connections into the Design and Development of PlaySmart, a Videogame Prevention Intervention to Address Opioid Misuse in Adolescents.” Virtual Oral Presentation, October 25, 2021.
The Morning Call
Your View: How we can cut opioid deaths among young people
In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another public health emergency that recently hit peak levels in the United States.
The opioid epidemic has escalated at a startling rate. Recent data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that reported drug overdose deaths reached a record high of 94,134 in the period from January 2020 to January 2021. That’s a 30% increase over the same 12 months from 2019 to 2020.
LX
This Point-and-Click Game Helps Reduce the Stigma of Addiction
Dr. Lynn Fiellin of Yale Medical School and LX News host Tabitha Lipkin talk about reducing the stigma of addiction using a videogame. Fiellin helped develop PlaySmart, a point-and-click game catered to older teens that stimulates life choices around opioid use. More >
Serious Play Conference
PlayTest! wins a Silver Award at this year’s International Serious Play Conference
PlayTest! By Tyra Pendergrass Boomer, in association with Schell Games & play2PREVENT Lab at The Yale Center for Health and Learning Games, is a role-playing game aimed at high school students. The decision-making game is meant to advocate for personal health in teenagers and help increase the use of school-based health centers for HIV testing and sexual health counseling. More >
Yale School of Medicine
Fernandes Named 2021 YCCI Scholar
The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) has named its 2021 Scholars, junior researchers who will receive added support as they build their young careers. The categories of YCCI Scholars are junior faculty, predoctoral awardees, and postdoctoral trainnees. More >
The Washington Post
A Yale doctor is using a video game to fight the opioid crisis
As drug-related deaths have spiked across the United States in recent years, doctors seeking to curb that surge are getting an unlikely new tool: a video game. The game, titled “PlaySmart,” was developed by Lynn Fiellin and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. A professor at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center, as well as the founder and director of the play2PREVENT video game development lab, Fiellin hopes that by using “PlaySmart,” she and her team will be able to collect more data related to adolescent opioid misuse and provide aid to both kids who play the game and the adults who work those youths. More >
83rd Annual Scientific Meeting at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
The development of a digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in school-based health centers
"The development of a digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in school-based health centers." Poster presented at the 83rd annual scientific meeting at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Virtual Conference. 6/22/2021.
Yale Child Study Center Grand Rounds
A Game Changer: Using Videogames as Interventions to Improve Adolescent Health and Well-being
"A Game Changer: Using Videogames as Interventions to Improve Adolescent Health and Well-being”—Yale Child Study Center Grand Rounds, May 25, 2021.
FCD Prevention Works
Gaming and Teen Health: An Interview with Yale’s Lynn Fiellin, M.D
Gaming and Teen Health: An Interview with Yale’s Lynn Fiellin, M.D, FCD Prevention Works. February 12, 2021.