Games for health & mHealth apps for police & blue light personnel: A research review

Marston, Hannah; Hadley, Robin; Pike, Graham and Hesketh, Ian (2021). Games for health & mHealth apps for police & blue light personnel: A research review. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 94(3) pp. 372–387.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X20937327

Abstract

Previous research has reported adverse health outcomes for emergency services personnel (ESP), outcomes that research more broadly has shown can be improved using a gamification and mobile health (mhealth) apps approach. We conducted a review of research on gamification and mhealth apps for ESP that had been published in the last 19 years using 6 major research databases. The results demonstrated that virtually no relevant research has been published, suggesting a significant gap in the evidence base of an approach that could potentially have significant benefits for the health of ESP.

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• 1740-5599
• Keywords
• Health and well-being; resilience; first-line responders, PTSD
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• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
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• Hannah Marston