Games for Health

Games for Health are games that aim to either promote health or to prevent, diagnose or treat (chronic) diseases. These games, which are generally considered serious games, aim to influence health outcomes by increasing the user's knowledge and changing their behaviors through play.

Conference
Games for Health is also the name of series of conferences made possible in part by funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their Pioneer Portfolio program. Games for Health is a part of the Serious Games Initiative.

The conference has received media attention in recent years for its work to showcase the health and research implications of video games.


 * Sep 2004  Madison, Wisconsin
 * Sep 2005  Baltimore, Maryland
 * Sep 2006  Baltimore, Maryland
 * May 2008 Baltimore, Maryland
 * June 2009 Boston, Massachusetts
 * May 2010  Boston, Massachusetts

Journal
Games for Health is also a peer-reviewed journal, which was launched in February 2012.