Abstract
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for transmitting diseases that represent a recurring public health problem. Different educational campaigns and activities have been developed for mosquito prevention and control, such as the production of educational games. This paper presents the final result of the conception, design, construction and validation of the “Dengueside Survival”, a serious board game that presents the fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito in a cooperative perspective. Dengueside provides five initial missions for players who must act as health agents to complete the proposed combat and control missions against the mosquito. For the validation of the proposed game, matches in physical and virtual environments were carried out, together with the application of the MEEGA+ questionnaire on the respective players, showing as a result the viability of the proposed game as a playful tool to support awareness of the fight against mosquitoes.
Highlights
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for transmitting diseases that represent a recurring public health problem, with alternating outbreaks and epidemics that are difficult to fight, such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and zika virus Cardoso et al (2015)
This paper presents the final result of the conception, design, construction and validation of the “Dengueside Survival”, a serious board game that presents the fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito in a cooperative perspective
Regarding the obtained results with the Dengueside Survival game, it is important to describe the experience reported by the players during game tables, the modeled missions for the final version of the developed game, and the validation results obtained according to the MEEGA+ evaluation instrument
Summary
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for transmitting diseases that represent a recurring public health problem, with alternating outbreaks and epidemics that are difficult to fight, such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and zika virus Cardoso et al (2015). Dengue and related diseases depend on ecological and socio-environmental conditions that facilitate the dispersion of the vector, and, in the absence of a vaccine, combating the mosquito development foci represents the main preventive action against the same Damasceno et al (2017). Digital games are recognized as an important learning tool able to motivate students to develop different levels of personal experience, such as the construction of new discoveries, the development of personality, among other positive aspects Oliveira Neto and Ribeiro (2012)
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