Department of Pediatrics, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
School of Management, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2023 Jul 28;42(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s41043-023-00417-y.
Medical universities use their websites to teach, research, and promote a culture of health. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of medical universities in terms of health information and education regarding COVID-19 by surveying the website of Iranian medical universities.
This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in June to August 2020 on the websites of medical universities in three categories of universities (type 1, type 2 and type 3). The information of this study was collected from medical universities located in the east, west, north, south and center of Iran. Data were collected according to a checklist. The checklist contained 3 sections; the first part with 8 components regarding general information of the university websites, the second part with 11 components regarding the information and news related to the coronavirus and the third part with 12 components regarding the content of personal health education and environmental health for the prevention of coronavirus. To determine the status of each website in the two areas of health information and education, websites were divided into three categories based on scores (poor, average and good). Data were analyzed by chi-square.
In this study, 1118 web pages related to 48 Iranian universities of medical sciences were reviewed, where 19 were type 1 universities, 21 type 2 universities, and 8 type 3 universities. The mean scores of the websites regarding the information and news related to the coronavirus (8.54 ± 1.750) and the mean scores of the websites regarding the personal and environmental health education related to coronavirus (10.96 ± 1.148) were in a favorable and positive condition. The ranking of medical universities by type showed that the scores in the two areas of health information and education about the coronavirus were in good condition and none of the universities were in bad condition. Chi-square showed that the information status and news related to the coronavirus had a significantly positive relationship with the type of medical universities (χ = 10.343, p = 0.006).
The results of this study showed that type1 and type 2 and 62.5% of type 3 medical universities were in good condition in terms of total scores in the two areas of health information and education about coronavirus and none of the universities were in a bad situation. It is suggested that the website of medical universities can serve as a reliable and appropriate source of information not only for academics and students but also for the general public.
医学院校利用其网站进行教学、研究和宣传健康文化。因此，本研究旨在通过调查伊朗医学院校的网站，评估医学院校在 COVID-19 健康信息和教育方面的表现。
这是一项 2020 年 6 月至 8 月期间进行的描述性分析研究，研究对象为三类大学（1 型、2 型和 3 型）的医学院校网站。本研究信息来自伊朗东部、西部、北部、南部和中心地区的医学院校。数据根据检查表收集。检查表分为 3 部分；第一部分有 8 个部分，涉及大学网站的一般信息，第二部分有 11 个部分，涉及与冠状病毒相关的信息和新闻，第三部分有 12 个部分，涉及个人健康教育和环境健康内容，以预防冠状病毒。为了确定每个网站在健康信息和教育两个领域的状况，根据分数将网站分为三个类别（差、中、好）。采用卡方检验对数据进行分析。
本研究共查阅了 48 所伊朗医科大学的 1118 个网页，其中 19 所为 1 型大学，21 所为 2 型大学，8 所为 3 型大学。与冠状病毒相关的信息和新闻（8.54±1.750）以及与冠状病毒相关的个人和环境健康教育（10.96±1.148）的网站平均得分处于有利和积极的状态。医学院校按类型排名显示，这两个领域的冠状病毒健康信息和教育得分状况良好，没有一所大学的得分状况较差。卡方检验显示，与冠状病毒相关的信息状况和新闻与医学院校的类型呈显著正相关（χ=10.343，p=0.006）。
本研究结果表明，1 型、2 型和 3 型中的 62.5%的医学院校在冠状病毒的健康信息和教育两个领域的总得分方面处于良好状态，没有一所大学的得分状况较差。因此，建议医学院校的网站不仅可以为学者和学生，也可以为公众提供可靠和适当的信息来源。
