WED-033 - Escape Rooms as a Public Health Promotion Strategy
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST
Location: Pacific I/II, 2nd Floor
Area of Responsibility: Area II: Planning Subcompetencies: 2.3.4 Adopt, adapt, and/or develop tailored intervention(s) for priority population(s) to achieve desired outcomes., 2.3.5 Plan for acquisition of required tools and resources. Research or Practice: Practice
Professor & MPH Director Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
analyze public health education and promotion areas in which escape rooms could be an effective communication strategy.
identify elements and items that could be used in a escape room focused on a public health promotion and education area of their choosing.
Brief Abstract Summary: discover the value of escape rooms in the communication of public health information specific to infectious diseases and STIs. brainstorm ideas of others areas of public health promotion and education.
Detailed abstract description: One of the challenges in effectively impacting the health of young persons is continually developing and enhancing strategies to provide public health information through age-appropriate, engaging activities. This presentation will provide an overview of a public health education activity developed by a multidisciplinary team which uses Escape Rooms as a public health communication technique. Two separate Escape Room activities were developed: one with a target audience of college-aged students with a focus on sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and treatment, and a second with a target audience of high school students with a focus on broad-based infectious disease prevention and treatment. Participants in this presentation will receive an overview of the context and development of the escape rooms as well as an opportunity to participate and experience an example of an escape room focused on STI knowledge and attitudes. Attendees will be asked to actively participate in the escape room learning activity.
