The Health Track is a plural and consecrated space for academic exchanges about game research and development, aiming to bring together researchers, developers and those interested in the interface between games and health, including their different dimensions, such as physiological, psychological, social, philosophical, collective and ethical. By games, we understand both digital games and analogue games, like board games, card games and many others. Thus, it intends to consolidate a fruitful space for discussion, action, production and dissemination of knowledge in this emerging field which may bring great benefits for society. The Health Track originated from the Games and Health Workshop, which had its first edition in 2016, being held until 2019, always as part of the Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment – SBGames. The Health Track invites everyone to submit papers that address the field of Games and Health.
Topics
We invite authors to submit scientific articles on original research and innovative applications in the field of Games and Health. A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest includes:
- Serious health games
- Entertainment games and their relationship to health
- Games for health promotion
- Games as a means of communication in health
- Concept of health in games
- Health teaching games (used in the classroom)
- Methods and techniques for the development of games applied to health
- Methods and techniques for evaluating games applied to health
- Impact assessments and analysis of games applied to health
- Games in the education of health professionals
- Augmented and virtual reality applied to health games
- Use of games in therapies
- Role of games in health policies
Work Formats
Papers can be submitted in two formats: Full Papers and Short Papers. Full Papers are works describing research already completed, or in an advanced stage of completion, presenting an original contribution from the research results. Full papers can be submitted in both Portuguese and English. They must have a minimum of 7 pages and a maximum of 10 pages. The authors or representatives will present the approved works in technical sessions scheduled at the conference. The authors will be informed later by the committee about their sessions. Short Papers are short articles that show research in an early stage of development, or research completed at the undergraduate or graduate level. The submissions can be in English or Portuguese and are limited to 4 pages. Approved short papers will be presented and commented by authors and representatives during technical sessions scheduled at the conference. The authors will be informed later by the committee about their sessions.
Submission Instructions
Submissions will be made virtually using the JEMS system. Submissions will not be allowed by other channels. Full Papers and Short Papers will be subjected to a blind review system. Thus, any information that can identify the authors like name, affiliation, email, explicit self-references, acknowledgments, and projects, will disqualify the work, making it unavailable to evaluation.
As a placeholder for omitted information (name, email, affiliation, etc.), please use the tag [BLIND REVIEW]. Once the work is approved, such tags should be replaced by the correct data for the submission of the camera-ready. Only the camera-ready version of the approved papers should include authorship identification.
Evaluation
The evaluation of the best work will be based on the ratings of the reviewers. The grades will not be released and will be considered only to choose the best work.
Publication
Full papers and Short Papers will be published on the conference proceedings, but at least one of the authors should be registered, attend to the event, and present the work at the conference. The presentation of the paper and its publication in the proceedings also require that at least one of the authors send the following Copyright Term duly signed. In addition to publication, authors who present a paper will receive a presentation declaration. The best paper will receive an honorable mention.
The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their works to special issues of the Journal of Interactive Systems.
Format
Formatting instructions, including templates, are available below.
Templates IEEE
The paper must be formatted using the SBGames template, available in Word and LaTeX formats found in the links below. Papers that do not follow these templates will not be considered for evaluation.
Important Dates
| Submission deadline | |
| Notification of Acceptance | |
| Camera-Ready | 23/Set ✓ |
Organizing Committee
Marcelo Simão de Vasconcellos
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – FIOCRUZ / Estácio de Sá University – Brazil
Rafael Braga
PUC-PR – Brazil
Flávia Garcia de Carvalho
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ
For additional information, reach us:
jogosesaude@sbgames.org
Program Committee
To be announced.
Support
Special Commission on Computing Applied to Health (CE-CAS)
