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How can online games aid healthcare?

What is game and their function for health?

Elia Gabarron is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, at the University Hospital of North Norway, and PhD Candidate at the Arctic University of Norway.

She is a psychologist with experience in e-health research and is heading a research project on the use of computer/smartphone mediated communication and social networking in health promotion to youngsters. She has co-authored several international peer-reviewed articles in this field.

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