News

April 2018

2018 Technology, Mind, and Society Conference

Impact of a Smoking Prevention Videogame Intervention for Teens

"Impact of a smoking prevention videogame intervention for teens", poster presentation presented at the Technology, Mind, and Society Conference on April 5, 2018, in Washington, DC.

March 2018

CVS Health

CVS Health Launches Year Three of Be The First, Its $50 Million Initiative To Help Deliver a Tobacco-Free Generation

CVS Health announced that it will award $10 million in 2018 to continue to support youth smoking prevention and education programs and strategies throughout the United States. Among the new investments being delivered in 2018 are a $1.4 million grant to the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games. More >

March 2018

Yale News

Yale videogame research lab receives grant to tackle smoking among teens

The Yale Center for Health & Learning Games has received a three-year, $1.4 million grant to study and disseminate their videogame intervention, smokeSCREEN, to raise awareness and prevent smoking and use of electronic cigarettes among teens. More >

March 2018

2018 Society For Adolescent Health and Medicine Conference

A Videogame Intervention for Tobacco Product Use Prevention in Adolescents

"A Videogame Intervention for Tobacco Product Use Prevention in Adolescents" presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine on March 14, 2018, in Seattle, Washington.

December 2017

Medicine@Yale

Boost for Method to Curb Teen Smoking

A gift from CVS Health Foundation to the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games will focus on getting the tobacco prevention videogame intervention, smokeSCREEN, into kids hands. More >

November 2017

Broadly - VICE

The Role-Playing Video Game Where Teens Navigate Sex

An article about the videogame, PlayForward: Elm City Stories. More >

November 2017

Yale TCORS Pilot Study Meeting

Are Videogame Interventions a Game Changer? A Look at the Science Behind Videogame Interventions for Risk Reduction in Teens

"Are Videogame Interventions a Game Changer? A Look at the Science Behind Videogame Interventions for Risk Reduction in Teens", Yale TCORS Pilot Study Meeting on November 14, 2017, in New Haven, CT.

October 2017

National Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) Grantee Meeting

A Videogame Intervention for Tobacco Product Use Prevention in Adolescents

"A videogame intervention for tobacco product use prevention in adolescents", National Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) Grantee Meeting on October 23, 2017, in Washington, DC.

October 2017

10th International Conference, Innovative Learning Environments 2017

iPads as Health Education Tools: It’s not all Fun and Games

"iPads as Health Education Tools: It's not all Fun and Games", 10th International Conference, Innovative Learning Environments 2017, on October 12th, 2017 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

September 2017

Yale News

Videogame boosts sex health IQ and attitudes in minority teens