Ashoorkhani Mahnaz, Majdzadeh Reza, Hosseini Hamed, Taghdisi Mohammad Hossein
Knowledge Utilization Research Center (KURC) and Health Education & Promotion Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Community-Based Participatory-Research Center, Knowledge Utilization Research Center (KURC)and School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2019 Mar 28;33:24. doi: 10.34171/mjiri.33.24. eCollection 2019.
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention on the quality of health research-based news, given the sensitivity of disseminating incorrect information. An uncontrolled before-after study was conducted among health news producers in Tehran from November 2011 to March 2012. The intervention that included educational content in the form of a workshop was evaluated in advance. The outcome of measuring the scientific quality of news extracted from medical and health research results was considered for authenticity and accuracy. The health research-based news quality assessment tool was used. In this study, 32 individuals voluntarily entered the program, and their produced news was collected in 4 stages. To determine the effectiveness of the educational intervention, paired t-tests were used. SPSS version 17 was used for statistical analysis and p<0.05 was considered significant. The mean score (±SD) of the participants' produced news was 0.40 (±0.089) before and 0.61 (±0.086) after the intervention, which increased by 0.21±0.09 (p<0.001). Of the news collected from the participants as baseline data, 544 (65%) articles aimed at increasing public knowledge and awareness. Almost all the news had been gathered from interviews, and only 41 (4.8%) news articles were based on health research results. The educational intervention proved effective in promoting the quality of health research news. Only a few health journalists participated in this study, and thus the need to educate health news producers is felt. Since interviews with health researchers and experts were the largest source of news, interventions need to target other groups who affect the quality and accuracy of the news.
鉴于传播错误信息的敏感性，本研究旨在确定教育干预对基于健康研究的新闻质量的有效性。2011年11月至2012年3月在德黑兰的健康新闻生产者中开展了一项非对照前后研究。对以研讨会形式呈现的教育内容干预措施进行了预先评估。从医学和健康研究结果中提取的新闻科学质量的测量结果被视为真实性和准确性的考量指标。使用了基于健康研究的新闻质量评估工具。本研究中，32人自愿参与该项目，他们制作的新闻分4个阶段收集。为确定教育干预的有效性，使用了配对t检验。使用SPSS 17版进行统计分析，p<0.05被视为具有统计学意义。参与者制作的新闻的平均得分（±标准差）在干预前为0.40（±0.089），干预后为0.61（±0.086），提高了0.21±0.09（p<0.001）。作为基线数据从参与者那里收集的新闻中，544篇（65%）文章旨在提高公众知识和意识。几乎所有新闻都是通过访谈收集的，只有41篇（4.8%）新闻文章基于健康研究结果。教育干预被证明对提高基于健康研究的新闻质量有效。只有少数健康记者参与了本研究，因此感到有必要对健康新闻生产者进行教育。由于对健康研究人员和专家的访谈是新闻的最大来源，干预需要针对影响新闻质量和准确性的其他群体。
