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Board game-based health education has emerged as a promising strategy to enhance learning engagement and knowledge retention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A quasi-experimental study was conducted among 100 rural older adults in Hunan Province, China. Participants were allocated to either an intervention group (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f50) receiving a board game-based HIV education program or a control group (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f50) receiving conventional lecture-based education. Both groups participated in four weekly sessions covering identical HIV-related content. Outcomes, including HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, prevention behaviors, and condom use self-efficacy, were assessed before and after the intervention.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 97 participants completed the study (intervention group:\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f48; control group:\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f49). No significant differences in baseline characteristics were observed between groups (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;gt;\u202f0.05). Following the intervention, both groups showed significant improvements in all outcomes (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05). However, the intervention group demonstrated significantly greater improvements in HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills compared with the control group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05). Condom use self-efficacy was also significantly higher in the intervention group after the intervention (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Board game-based health education may provide a feasible, low-cost, and culturally adaptable approach for HIV prevention among rural older adults in resource-limited settings. By combining interactive learning, peer discussion, and repeated practice, this approach has potential to complement conventional community health education and support age-appropriate HIV prevention efforts. Future studies with larger samples and longer follow-up periods are needed to confirm the sustainability of the intervention effects and their translation into real-world preventive behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1834731","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T05:42:19Z","timestamp":1790833339000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Board game-based education for HIV prevention among rural older adults: a quasi-experimental study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Juan","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hunan Normal University Health Science Center, Hunan Normal University","place":["Changsha, China"]},{"name":"Changde Girls\u2019 Foreign Language School","place":["Changde, 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