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Parent and Caregiver Education and Behavior Change for Injury/Accident Prevention (29) Parenting (404) General Parenting Education and Training (118) Accident and Injury Prevention (77) Virtual Reality in Pediatrics (53)

Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/90006, first published .
Family playing virtual reality games together on the couch, enjoying immersive technology.

Leveraging Immersive Virtual Reality to Prevent Child Injuries in the Home: Proof-of-Concept Study

Leveraging Immersive Virtual Reality to Prevent Child Injuries in the Home: Proof-of-Concept Study

Authors of this article:

Melissa C Osborne1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lei Zhang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Allison Garefino3 Author Orcid Image ;   Reece Freeman2 Author Orcid Image
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Melissa C Osborne   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Lei Zhang   2 , PhD ;   Allison Garefino   3 , PhD ;   Reece Freeman   2 , BFA

1 Wellstar School of Nursing, Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States

2 Department of Software Engineering and Game Development, College of Computing and Software Engineering, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States

3 Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Melissa C Osborne, MPH, PhD
  • Wellstar School of Nursing
  • Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, Kennesaw State University
  • 520 Parliament Garden Way NW, MD 4102
  • Kennesaw, GA 30144
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 4705786061
  • Email: mcowart3@kennesaw.edu