Suitable and sustainable health game development through the Concept Mapping method - Annette Brons

1. Suitable and sustainable health game
development through concept mapping
How to concretize valuable input of future app users
Annette Brons
Researcher Hogeschool van Amsterdam
a.e.brons@hva.nl

2. SIMBA STUDY: BACKGROUND
• PA: Children with asthma < healthy peers
• PA ⬆  Impact of asthma ⬇
• Health professionals lack in care programs leading to
maintenance of increased PA
• Health games show promising results
• Yet, no health game that suits needs of children with asthma

3. SIMBA STUDY: GOALS
• Develop health game to stimulate physical activity in children
with asthma
• Develop health game that can be used by health
professionals as care program
• Involve all steakholders in design process

4. SIMBA STUDY: PHASES
1. Discover stimulating factors of physical activity in
children with asthma
2. Design and develop health game
3. Pilot test health game

5. CONCEPT MAPPING: STAGES
Trochim, W.M.K. (2006). Concept mapping. Retrieved from http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/conmap.htm

6. STAGE 1 & 2: PREPARE & GENERATE IDEAS
What would help you/children with asthma to
become more physically active?

7. STAGE 3: STRUCTURE IDEAS
Items
• Banana
• Carrots
• Corn
• Pepper
• Strawberry
• Tangerine
Yellow
• Banana
• Corn
Orange
• Tangerine
• Carrots
Red
• Strawberry
• Pepper
Vegetables
• Corn
• Pepper
• Carrots
Fruits
• Strawberry
• Banana
• Tangerine
Clusters participant A Clusters participant B

8. STAGE 3: STRUCTURE IDEAS

9. STAGE 4: COMPUTE MAPS

10. STAGE 4: COMPUTE MAPS

11. STAGE 5: INTERPRET MAPS

12. STAGE 6: UTILIZE MAPS
• Fun
• Playing together
• Personalized
• Positive rewards
• Improve knowledge
• Insight in behaviour
• PA suggestions
• Improve self-confidence

13. FOXFIT: SNEAKPEAK DASHBOARD

14. FOXFIT: SNEAK PEAK APP

15. QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Contact: a.e.brons@hva.nl
Hull, D. (2005). Question everything. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/202872717