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Promoting health in schools through a board game . Primary prevention and health promotion have become salient topics in Canadian society and in nursing during the past two decades . The noncommunicable chronic diseases , such as heart disease and cancer , have been linked to specific lifestyle behaviors or habits , which often develop early in life . The success of public health efforts to improve the health status of all Canadians depends substantially on the success of educational programs directed toward children . Effective teaching strategies that seek to promote health and wellness in children need to be developed and empirically evaluated . Educational games may provide an efficient vehicle for carrying out developmentally specific nursing interventions in school settings . This article begins with a brief overview of the historical origins of games , along with their advantages and disadvantages as educational strategies . The results of a pretest-posttest control group design study that evaluated the effectiveness of a board game as a primary prevention teaching strategy with 23 sixth grade children in Winnipeg , Manitoba are presented . The experimental group had significant gains in knowledge related to anatomy and physiology , diet , and lifestyle risk factors associated with the development of heart disease and cancer .
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board game
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effectiveness of a board game as a primary prevention teaching strategy
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lifestyle behaviors
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knowledge related to anatomy and physiology , diet , and lifestyle risk factors associated with the development of heart disease and cancer .
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children .
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in children