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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces $30,000 Games for Health Competition

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2006 - 1:10pm.

Princeton, N.J. - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which focuses on health care-related issues, this week announced a $30,000 contest that will award entrants who develop game concepts or prototypes aimed at improving aspects of health and health care. The Foundation gave as examples game titles such as "Ben's Game," a skateboarding title for chemotherapy patients, and Konami's "Dance Dance Revolution," in which gamers burn calories while following dance steps. "Today's technology has the ability to both educate and entertain," said Chinwe Onyekere, program officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "We want to encourage people with creative minds to harness that potential in a way that leads to better management and delivery of health and health care." The Games for Health Competition will accept entries through April 1, 2007, with winners to be announced in May 2007.