Using Digital Games to Promote Equity in Career and Health Education: A Prototype of Caduceus Quest

Black and Latinx adolescents in urban schools can derive numerous benefits from tailored career and health education. However, many factors may prevent schools and teachers from offering such programing. To address the need for career and health education, we prototyped Caduceus Quest, a theory-base...

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Published in:Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 1396 - 1427
Main Authors: McCammon, Ellen, Law, Jessica, Tyler, Crystal, Arrington, Mason, Jagoda, Patrick, Gilliam, Melissa
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2024
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Adolescents
Antiretroviral drugs
Biomedicine
Careers
Child Health
Computer & video games
Disease prevention
Diversity equity & inclusion
Education
Games
Health education
Health promotion
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Medical personnel
Occupations
Prevention programs
Prototypes
Role playing
Sexual behavior
Sexual health
Teachers
Theory of planned behavior
Urban schools
health education
theory of planned behavior
adolescent < subjects
health careers
diversity < social
minority academic success < urban education
high school < programs
achievement gap < social
serious games
career development
ISSN:0042-0859, 1552-8340
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Summary:Black and Latinx adolescents in urban schools can derive numerous benefits from tailored career and health education. However, many factors may prevent schools and teachers from offering such programing. To address the need for career and health education, we prototyped Caduceus Quest, a theory-based, digital role-playing game designed to provide information on health and biomedical science careers and sexual health (specifically HIV) for Black and Latinx adolescents. Forty high-school-aged adolescents participated in small group sessions to playtest the prototype. Post-intervention, adolescents reported increased interest in health and biomedical science careers, as well as HIV knowledge and PrEP awareness.
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ISSN:0042-0859
1552-8340
DOI:10.1177/00420859211073895