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Gaming: A Battle Over Anorexia In World of Warcraft

June 6, 2014 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

June 7, 2014 This coming week I’m attending the colossal gaming #Gsummit in S.F., a four-figure fee fandango (won in a drawing) that I’m eagerly sweeping my slate for in order to learn from ‘the biggies’ how large scale gaming and gamification can impact behavior change, physical/mental and social-emotional environments, education, imaginative play, and even widespread public … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming Tagged With: #Gsummit2014, Addicting-Games, adolescent body image, anorexia, behavior change, Bigorexia, boys body image, cognitive science, crisis text line, Erik Martin, Erik N. Martin, game addiction, game based learning, gamification, gaming for good, GSummit, Inspire Foundation, kids mental health, male eating disorders, MIT Vanished Game, MMORPGs, MMOs, nature deficit, NEDA, PersonalZen, Persuasion-Technology-Lab, ReliefLink, SuperBetter, teen depression, therapeutic benefit, video games get kids hooked, videogames, Virtual Reality, Workout App, World-of-Warcraft, WoW, WoW as therapeutic tool, YthLive

Culture Clash: STD App’s Naming Gaffe Goes Viral

April 3, 2014 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

July 19, 2014 Update: Mahalo and 'Ho'omaika'i 'ana (thank you and congratulations) for the corporate social responsibility exhibited by the Hula app founders and developers who have officially renamed their HIV/STD testing results app "Healthvana" as promised for a mid-July reveal! (more news here and follow up story to come) May 6, 2014 30 days later, AP NewsBreak/The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism Tagged With: behavior change, campus safety apps, CDC Teen Sexual Health, Change the name of the STD alert, college STD clinic finder, cultural appropriation, diversity and health, hapa haole, Hawaii, Hawaiian culture, Hawaiian heritage, history of hula, Hula, Hula app, Hula app petition, Hula is sacred, hula stereotypes, kamaaina, Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, mHealth, mobile apps, napalapalaiolaka, Native Hawaiians, Ramin Bastani, sexed, sexual health, STD-prevention, STDs, STDS/HIV-exposure, youth apps, Youth public health, YTH, YthLive

YTH: Youth, Tech, Health–Shaping Youth Interviews YTH Jamia Wilson

March 29, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Mar. 29, 2014 Like a teen whose spirited, edgy adolescence evolved toward bold innovation, I’ve watched YTH.org "grow up" as an organization over time, expanding and emerging into one of the most exciting intergenerational collaborations surrounding youth wellness and technology. Always a favorite for inspiring fresh thinking and preventive digital health problem-solving, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #FemFuture, Advocates-for-youth, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, at risk youth, bullying, campus safety, circle of 6 app, crisis text line, Deb-Levine, digital health, diversity and health, domestic abuse, hackathon for health, health apps, health literacy, Health2.0, ihollaback, Internet sexuality information services, Jamia Wilson, media-literacy, mental health, mHealth, millennials, Parenting-Teens, rape culture, reproductive rights, sexed, SexTech, sexting, sexual health, sexuality, street harassment, suicide prevention, support for teens, Tech diversity gap, teen dating violence, Texting4Health, wired youth, young feminists, Youth public health, youth tech health, Youth-advocacy, YTH, YthLive

Circle of 6 Campus Safety App: What It is And What it Isn’t

February 27, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Update: March 7, 2013 It's official! The President Signed VAWA! Feb. 28, 2013 Finally! The Violence Against Women Act has passed both the House and the Senate and is moving on for final signing by the President. To celebrate, you'll love this pop culture Taylor Swift style video send-up about the 22 who voted against VAWA. It's hilarious. Even though VAWA is no laughing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Thin Line, abusive relationships, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, break the cycle, Bsafe, campus safety apps, Campus Sentinel, CDC Violence Prevention, Chris Brown Grammys, Circle of 6, circle of 6 app, culture of care, cyberstalking, dating violence, Deb-Levine, digital abuse, domestic violence, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, Fight Back, Gender, gender violence, gender-based violence, Guardly, healthy masulinity, HHS, how do you measure prevention, intimate partner violence, Isis, IVP, kidvid, Life 360, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, mobile-youth-trends, Nancy Schwartzman, NCADV, On Watch, One Love Foundation, OnWatch, public health, rape, rape culture, Rihanna, school climate, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, textual harassment, thats not cool, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, VAWA, verbal abuse, Verizon DVP Summit, violence against women, Where is your line, youth tech health, YthLive