Abstract
Little research has been conducted on the effectiveness of age-appropriate health teaching aids for use in the classroom setting. This experimental study measured the effectiveness of “Hospital Windows,” a medically orientated, educational game, for its ability to increase knowledge and decrease fears of young children regarding common health care practices and procedures. A random selection of 100 healthy preschool children, between the ages of 4 and 6 years, participated in the study. Paired t tests indicated a significant increase in the experimental children's knowledge of health care concepts and significant decrease in their fear of medical equipment and procedures after playing the game. The use of game playing appears to be an effective instructional method of teaching health education to young children in the classroom setting.
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