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E-collection 'Virtual Worlds'

2012

Innovation in Weight Loss Programs: A 3-Dimensional Virtual-World Approach

Jeanne D Johnston, Anne P Massey, Celeste A DeVaneaux

J Med Internet Res 2012 (Sep 20); 14(5):e120

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Background: The rising trend in obesity calls for innovative weight loss programs. While behavioral-based face-to-face programs have proven to be the most effective, they are expensive and often inaccessible. Internet or Web-based weight loss programs have expanded reach but may lack qualities critical to weight loss and maintenance such as human interaction, social support, and engagement. In contrast to Web technologies, virtual reality technologies offer unique affordances as a behavioral...

2011

Using Virtual Reality to Provide Health Care Information to People With Intellectual Disabilities: Acceptability, Usability, and Potential Utility

Valerie Hall, Suzanne Conboy-Hill, Dave Taylor

J Med Internet Res 2011 (Nov 14); 13(4):e91

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Background: People with intellectual disabilities have poor access to health care, which may be further compromised by a lack of accessible health information. To be effective, health information must be easily understood and remembered. People with intellectual disabilities learn better from multimodal information sources, and virtual reality offers a 3-dimensional (3D) computer-generated environment that can be used for providing information and learning. To date, research into virtual...

A Pilot Study of Motivational Interviewing Training in a Virtual World

Suzanne Mitchell, Neil Heyden, Paul Schroy, Stephen Andrew, Ekaterina Sadikova, John Wiecha

J Med Internet Res 2011 (Sep 26); 13(3):e77

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Background: Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, patient-centered counseling strategy proven to support patients seeking health behavior change. Yet the time and travel commitment for MI training is often a barrier to the adoption of MI by health care professionals. Virtual worlds such as Second Life (SL) are rapidly becoming part of the educational technology landscape and offer not only the potential to improve access to MI training but also to deepen the MI training...