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Papers by Mohammad Reza Soleymani
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
Despite the importance and position of evidence-based policymaking in the proper management of th... more Despite the importance and position of evidence-based policymaking in the proper management of the health system, studies show that the lack or improper and untimely use of evidence are still one of the main challenges of health systems. Knowledge translation as a solution to this challenge is a process that includes a period of time that starts of decision to choose the research topic and continue to publish of research results, in which the interaction of the researchers and stakeholders is the key factor and the main axis of the process. Since the recognition and promotion of knowledge translation processes resulting from research in health system policy-making will lead to the improvement of the health system, this review protocol was designed to identify factors affecting knowledge translation implementation, including barriers and facilitators of this process. Identifying these factors can be used as a guide for health system decision-makers and research managers in planning t...
Health Information Management, 2018
Introduction: Today, library services are heavily influenced by information technology, in a way ... more Introduction: Today, library services are heavily influenced by information technology, in a way that has changed the manner services are provided. The purpose of study was to assess the quality of digital library services in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, from the users' perspectives. Methods: In this survey, the statistical population consisted of 331 postgraduate students and faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences who were selected using random sampling method based on Morgan sampling table. The research tool was DigiQUAL questionnaire. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and t tests via SPSS software. Results: The mean service quality was less than the average level of 4 in all the dimensions of DigiQUAL. The highest and the lowest means of service quality from the faculty members' perspectives were related to the coverage (4.56) and usefulness (3.07), respectively. From the graduate students' perspectives, the highest and the lo...
Health Information Management, 2019
مقدمه: با توجه به نقش ماهیتی انتشار مقالات در حوزه سلامت و سهم استادان در ایفای این نقش، پژوهش حا... more مقدمه: با توجه به نقش ماهیتی انتشار مقالات در حوزه سلامت و سهم استادان در ایفای این نقش، پژوهش حاضر با هدف تعيين چالش‌های نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمي حوزه سلامت از ديدگاه اعضاي هيأت علمي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي اصفهان انجام شد. روش بررسی: این مطالعه به روش پيمايشي انجام گرفت. جامعه تحقیق را 250 نفر از اعضاي هيأت علمي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي اصفهان تشکیل داد كه به روش تصادفي طبقه‌اي انتخاب شدند. ابزار جمع‌آوري اطلاعات، پرسش‌نامه محقق ساخته بود كه روايي آن توسط پژوهشگران مجرب دانشگاه و پايايي آن با استفاده از ضريب Cronbach's alpha (89/0) تأييد گردید. در نهایت، داده‌ها با استفاده از آزمون t مورد تجزیه و تحليل قرار گرفت. یافتهها: از شش دسته چالش‌های نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمی، چالش‌های حرفه‌ای- تخصصی با میانگین 05/3، چالش‌های شخصی با میانگین 00/3 و امکانات و تجهیزات با میانگین 98/2 بیشتر از سایر چالش‌ها در نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمی تأثیرگذار بود. در مقابل، چالش‌های اجتماعی- فرهنگی با میانگین 41/2، کمترین اهمیت را در نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمی داشت. نتیجهگیری: سیاست‌گذاران پژوهشی دانشگاه‌ها...
International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2021
Introduction Misinformation refers to unclear information from unreliable resources, and it is a ... more Introduction Misinformation refers to unclear information from unreliable resources, and it is a common phenomenon of society; it can even constitute a part of family and social conversations due to the relative damages. Misinformation dissemination under the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic can be considered a cause of health-related anxieties and severe harm to the countries. The present study aims to explain factors related to the dissemination and acceptance of coronavirus misinformation in Iran. Material and Methods This qualitative study was carried out through content analysis in the year 2020. The population included Iranian experts in Information and Communication Sciences, among whom 19 experts were selected through the purposive sampling method. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through Continuous Thematic Analysis. Such criteria authenticated data trustworthiness as credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferabilit...
International journal of humanities and social sciences, 2016
Today, by increasing medical research, medical librarians perform an important role between healt... more Today, by increasing medical research, medical librarians perform an important role between health information and health services. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Social Marketing techniques on Knowledge and Attitude of health scholars to Medical Librarianship Services. Rsearch method was quasi-experimental and study type was practical. The data collection tool was two research made questionnaires based on knowledge and attitude to four dimensions of social marketing. The study population included all faculty members and students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 1394 that 36 people in each test and control groups were randomly selected. Medical Library and Information Science experts confirmed the validity and reliability by using Cronbach's alpha was obtained respectively, 0.82 and 0.92. The method of collecting data was in-person and data analyze with SPSS 20 was performed in descriptive and inferential statistics (paired t-test and t-test). ...
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Background: Nomophobia, a state of socio-psychological illness, refers to a fear of lack of acces... more Background: Nomophobia, a state of socio-psychological illness, refers to a fear of lack of access to mobile phone, which is thought to be a modern age disorder that causes negative health risks and harmful psychological effects. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the smartphone use and nomophobia disorder among university students. Methods: The study utilized a cross-sectional method in which 320 students were selected via cluster sampling. Data collection tools included a nomophobia and smartphones use questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software in two sections: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: The incidence rate of nomophobia among the students was moderate (3.1), and 73% of the students were moderate smartphone users. Nomophobia had a significant relationship with gender, age group, and level of education; and the frequency of using smartphones had a significant relationship with age group and level of education. There was a positive correlation coefficient between nomophobia and the frequency of using smartphones. The mobile phone use predicted nomophobia with a beta coefficient of 0.402 (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Given the incidence rate of nomophobia disorder was moderate, it is necessary to make preventive decisions and plan educational programs in this regard for the health of university students. Alternative actions are recommended for the treatment in low rate of nomophobia, but drug therapy should be used in more advanced stages; therefore, it is suggested that more attention to be paid to students' free time and entertainments.
International Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: The health of children and adolescents has been one of the main concerns of parents a... more Background: The health of children and adolescents has been one of the main concerns of parents and teachers. Today, magazines are taken into account as useful tools for training these vulnerable groups. Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the health contents of children and adolescent magazines during years 2013 to 2014. Materials and Methods: This was an applied research and the method was content analysis. The analysis unit was page (text and image) of all children and adolescent magazines published during years 2013 and 2014 in Iran. The research was done based on Shannon entropy. The validity of the data-gathering tool was confirmed by experts in health education. Test-retest was used to determine the reliability of the tool and the correlation coefficient was 0.84. Results: In the mentioned magazines, most attention was towards nutrition components with 0.139 importance coefficient and sports and physical activity with 0.123 importance coefficient. While the least attention was devoted to puberty health component with 0.078 importance coefficient and smoking and drugs with 0.082 importance coefficient. Conclusions: Regarding the important role of magazines in preparing children and adolescences to have a healthy and happy life, it seems that despite their success in some areas, magazines couldn't help them in some categories such as puberty and addiction.
Health Information Management, 2016
Introduction: Accessing credible information is essential in the area of healthcare. Information ... more Introduction: Accessing credible information is essential in the area of healthcare. Information therapy is a method that helps patients to access credible and relevant information regarding their conditions. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of distant information therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels of patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Methods: The current applied and semi-empirical study was conducted on 31 patients with type 2 diabetes and 35 patients with pre-diabetes referring to Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Iran, during winter 2015. The subjects were chosen through simple random sampling. The subjects' HbA1C was measured at the beginning of the study and after the information therapy intervention. The gathered data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics in SPSS software. Results: The results showed no meaningful difference in the HbA1C levels in the type 2 diabetic or pre-...
PLOS ONE, 2020
Obsession with the physique and appearance is a by-product of consumer societies. As such, fitnes... more Obsession with the physique and appearance is a by-product of consumer societies. As such, fitness and slimming have now become major concerns of Iranian females. This study endeavors to elaborate on information-seeking behaviors among female students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences concerning fitness. This study conducted in 2018, employs a qualitative approach using conventional content analysis. The research population includes female students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 16 of whom were selected with use of purposive sampling. Data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and their trustworthiness was confirmed by the criteria of 'credibility', 'confirmability', 'dependability', and 'transferability' proposed by Guba and Lincoln. Results reveal four subcategories and nineteen codes on information-seeking behavior. Sub-categories and codes including information-seeking motivations (achieving physical health, physical appearance, social acceptability, self-confidence, family and friends' pressure) information resources (electronic information resources, social media, printed information resources, doctors and nutritionists, family and friends, traditional & Islamic medicine, radio and TV), information validation (asking the doctors and specialists, matching the information with scientific references, consulting with friends and relatives) and obstacles to seeking information (lack of time, high costs, distrust, access limitation). by increasing the students' informational and media literacy, providing authentic and low-cost online resources of information and specialized TV programs, the damages rooted in using invalid information resources concerning fitness can be substantially diminished.
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND Numerous questions are generated for physicians during patient care. Facilitators and ... more BACKGROUND Numerous questions are generated for physicians during patient care. Facilitators and barriers affect the physicians' clinical information-seeking behaviour. While most health studies have focused on barriers, few have dealt with facilitators. OBJECTIVE This review aimed to identify facilitators in physicians' information-seeking behaviour to help respond to clinical questions raised during patient care. METHODS A narrative review was conducted, and 9 databases were searched. Selection criteria included original articles in the context of patient care and full-text articles published in the English language from 2002 to 2019. The articles were selected and analysed by group discussions. RESULTS Analysis of studies disclosed personal, technical and organisational facilitators including 26 themes. Internet utilisation and information searching skills, more available time, personal interests and knowing preferred sites or textbooks were among the personal factors. The most common technical factors included providing navigation support, and ease of searching and finding needed information. The most commonly reported factors at the organisational level are closeness to Internet facility and access during the consultation. CONCLUSION Information systems designers, health service managers and librarians may need to work together to provide systems and settings that encourage doctors to seek information to answer their clinical questions during patient care.
International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2020
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Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2016
Background: With the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in th... more Background: With the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. This study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This was an applied survey study. The population of the study includes all librarians working in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. A sample of 89 librarians was selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of which was confirmed by specialists in the fields of librarianship and information sciences and virtual learning, and its reliability was determined to be 0.92, using Cronbach's Alpha. The questionnaire consisted of 51 items designed to evaluate the librarians' virtual learning skills using Likert scale. Descriptive and inf...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2017
Background: Information-seeking anxiety is a feeling caused by abundance of information or failur... more Background: Information-seeking anxiety is a feeling caused by abundance of information or failure to proper interpret the information that can adversely affect the ability of individuals for seeking information and meeting their information needs. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate information-seeking anxiety, factors causing it, and methods for addressing and reducing this type of anxiety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate information-seeking anxiety in postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This study has been conducted using survey method. A total of 265 postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were selected with the help of stratified random sampling. Data collection tool was a questionnaire designed for this purpose. The gathered data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results indicated that the topic selection factor played a more prominent role in creating information seeking anxiety compared to other factors. Apart from students of school of medicine, information seeking anxiety was below average among the students. In addition, there was a significant difference between information seeking anxiety in students from different departments. Finally, female students had higher information seeking anxiety compared to male students. Conclusion: Although information seeking anxiety among students was lower than average in most cases, further reduction of anxiety could be achieved by facilitating access to information resources and library information services and increasing the quality of students' information literacy through training courses tailored to each discipline are necessary.
Materia Socio Medica, 2016
Introduction: Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, ... more Introduction: Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, social, educational, or occupational problems for the people. Students need the internet more than other people due to their educational or research needs. The rate and type of the internet use may affect their information-seeking behavior too. This study aims to investigate the effect of the internet addiction on the information-seeking behavior of the postgraduate students. Methods: This applied study that uses the correlation method. The research population composed of 1149 postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, of which 284 were selected using the stratified random sampling as the sample. Yang's internet addiction questionnaire and the researcher-developed questionnaire of the information-seeking behavior were used as the data collection instruments. Instrument validity was confirmed by the specialists of librarianship and medical sciences and its reliability was confirmed using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.86). Research data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent-t tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, and variance analysis). Results: Based on the findings, there was no sign of internet addiction among the 86.6% of the students. However, 13% of the students were exposed to the internet addiction and only 0.4% of internet addiction was observed among the students. There was no significant difference between the information-seeking behavior of the male and female respondents. There was no sign of the internet addiction in any dimension of the information-seeking behavior of the students. Conclusion: This study showed that there is no relationship between the information-seeking behavior of the students and the age and the rate of the internet use. Promoting the network infrastructures and increasing the internet speed as well as facilitating the use of electronic resources should be prioritized by the officials.
Journal of education and health promotion, 2014
Today, the websites of college and university libraries play an important role in providing the n... more Today, the websites of college and university libraries play an important role in providing the necessary services for clients. These websites not only allow the users to access different collections of library resources, but also provide them with the necessary guidance in order to use the information. The goal of this study is the quality evaluation of the college library websites in Iranian Medical Universities based on the Stover model. This study uses an analytical survey method and is an applied study. The data gathering tool is the standard checklist provided by Stover, which was modified by the researchers for this study. The statistical population is the college library websites of the Iranian Medical Universities (146 websites) and census method was used for investigation. The data gathering method was a direct access to each website and filling of the checklist was based on the researchers' observations. Descriptive and analytical statistics (Analysis of Variance (ANO...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2017
Background: The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and convey information in various forms of ... more Background: The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and convey information in various forms of media including print and nonprint requires media literacy, but the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic information and services needed for appropriate decisions regarding health, considered an important element in a woman's ability to participate in health promotion and prevention activities for herself and her children, is needed to a level of health literacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between media literacy and health literacy among pregnant women in health centers in Isfahan. Materials and Methods: This study used a descriptive correlation study. Data collection tools include Shahin media literacy and functional health literacy in adults' questionnaires. The population include pregnant women in health centers of Isfahan (4080 people). Ten out of the 351 health centers in Isfahan were selected as cluster. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Media literacy of respondents in the five dimensions was significantly lower than average 61.5% of pregnant women have inadequate health literacy, 18.8% had marginal health literacy, and only 19.7% of them have had adequate health literacy. There was a significant positive relationship between media literacy and health literacy among pregnant women. Conclusion: This study showed that the majority of pregnant women covered by health centers had limited health literacy and media literacy. Since one of the basic requirements for the utilization of health information is needed for adequate media literacy, promotion of media literacy is necessary for the respondents.
Materia Socio Medica, 2016
Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, social, educat... more Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, social, educational, or occupational problems for the people. Students need the internet more than other people due to their educational or research needs. The rate and type of the internet use may affect their information-seeking behavior too. This study aims to investigate the effect of the internet addiction on the information-seeking behavior of the postgraduate students. This applied study that uses the correlation method. The research population composed of 1149 postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, of which 284 were selected using the stratified random sampling as the sample. Yang&amp;#39;s internet addiction questionnaire and the researcher-developed questionnaire of the information-seeking behavior were used as the data collection instruments. Instrument validity was confirmed by the specialists of librarianship and medical sciences and its reliability was confirmed using the Cronbach&amp;#39;s alpha coefficient (0.86). Research data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent-t tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, and variance analysis). Based on the findings, there was no sign of internet addiction among the 86.6% of the students. However, 13% of the students were exposed to the internet addiction and only 0.4% of internet addiction was observed among the students. There was no significant difference between the information-seeking behavior of the male and female respondents. There was no sign of the internet addiction in any dimension of the information-seeking behavior of the students. This study showed that there is no relationship between the information-seeking behavior of the students and the age and the rate of the internet use. Promoting the network infrastructures and increasing the internet speed as well as facilitating the use of electronic resources should be prioritized by the officials.
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
Despite the importance and position of evidence-based policymaking in the proper management of th... more Despite the importance and position of evidence-based policymaking in the proper management of the health system, studies show that the lack or improper and untimely use of evidence are still one of the main challenges of health systems. Knowledge translation as a solution to this challenge is a process that includes a period of time that starts of decision to choose the research topic and continue to publish of research results, in which the interaction of the researchers and stakeholders is the key factor and the main axis of the process. Since the recognition and promotion of knowledge translation processes resulting from research in health system policy-making will lead to the improvement of the health system, this review protocol was designed to identify factors affecting knowledge translation implementation, including barriers and facilitators of this process. Identifying these factors can be used as a guide for health system decision-makers and research managers in planning t...
Health Information Management, 2018
Introduction: Today, library services are heavily influenced by information technology, in a way ... more Introduction: Today, library services are heavily influenced by information technology, in a way that has changed the manner services are provided. The purpose of study was to assess the quality of digital library services in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, from the users' perspectives. Methods: In this survey, the statistical population consisted of 331 postgraduate students and faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences who were selected using random sampling method based on Morgan sampling table. The research tool was DigiQUAL questionnaire. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and t tests via SPSS software. Results: The mean service quality was less than the average level of 4 in all the dimensions of DigiQUAL. The highest and the lowest means of service quality from the faculty members' perspectives were related to the coverage (4.56) and usefulness (3.07), respectively. From the graduate students' perspectives, the highest and the lo...
Health Information Management, 2019
مقدمه: با توجه به نقش ماهیتی انتشار مقالات در حوزه سلامت و سهم استادان در ایفای این نقش، پژوهش حا... more مقدمه: با توجه به نقش ماهیتی انتشار مقالات در حوزه سلامت و سهم استادان در ایفای این نقش، پژوهش حاضر با هدف تعيين چالش‌های نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمي حوزه سلامت از ديدگاه اعضاي هيأت علمي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي اصفهان انجام شد. روش بررسی: این مطالعه به روش پيمايشي انجام گرفت. جامعه تحقیق را 250 نفر از اعضاي هيأت علمي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي اصفهان تشکیل داد كه به روش تصادفي طبقه‌اي انتخاب شدند. ابزار جمع‌آوري اطلاعات، پرسش‌نامه محقق ساخته بود كه روايي آن توسط پژوهشگران مجرب دانشگاه و پايايي آن با استفاده از ضريب Cronbach's alpha (89/0) تأييد گردید. در نهایت، داده‌ها با استفاده از آزمون t مورد تجزیه و تحليل قرار گرفت. یافتهها: از شش دسته چالش‌های نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمی، چالش‌های حرفه‌ای- تخصصی با میانگین 05/3، چالش‌های شخصی با میانگین 00/3 و امکانات و تجهیزات با میانگین 98/2 بیشتر از سایر چالش‌ها در نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمی تأثیرگذار بود. در مقابل، چالش‌های اجتماعی- فرهنگی با میانگین 41/2، کمترین اهمیت را در نگارش و انتشار مقالات علمی داشت. نتیجهگیری: سیاست‌گذاران پژوهشی دانشگاه‌ها...
International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2021
Introduction Misinformation refers to unclear information from unreliable resources, and it is a ... more Introduction Misinformation refers to unclear information from unreliable resources, and it is a common phenomenon of society; it can even constitute a part of family and social conversations due to the relative damages. Misinformation dissemination under the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic can be considered a cause of health-related anxieties and severe harm to the countries. The present study aims to explain factors related to the dissemination and acceptance of coronavirus misinformation in Iran. Material and Methods This qualitative study was carried out through content analysis in the year 2020. The population included Iranian experts in Information and Communication Sciences, among whom 19 experts were selected through the purposive sampling method. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through Continuous Thematic Analysis. Such criteria authenticated data trustworthiness as credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferabilit...
International journal of humanities and social sciences, 2016
Today, by increasing medical research, medical librarians perform an important role between healt... more Today, by increasing medical research, medical librarians perform an important role between health information and health services. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Social Marketing techniques on Knowledge and Attitude of health scholars to Medical Librarianship Services. Rsearch method was quasi-experimental and study type was practical. The data collection tool was two research made questionnaires based on knowledge and attitude to four dimensions of social marketing. The study population included all faculty members and students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 1394 that 36 people in each test and control groups were randomly selected. Medical Library and Information Science experts confirmed the validity and reliability by using Cronbach's alpha was obtained respectively, 0.82 and 0.92. The method of collecting data was in-person and data analyze with SPSS 20 was performed in descriptive and inferential statistics (paired t-test and t-test). ...
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Background: Nomophobia, a state of socio-psychological illness, refers to a fear of lack of acces... more Background: Nomophobia, a state of socio-psychological illness, refers to a fear of lack of access to mobile phone, which is thought to be a modern age disorder that causes negative health risks and harmful psychological effects. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the smartphone use and nomophobia disorder among university students. Methods: The study utilized a cross-sectional method in which 320 students were selected via cluster sampling. Data collection tools included a nomophobia and smartphones use questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software in two sections: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: The incidence rate of nomophobia among the students was moderate (3.1), and 73% of the students were moderate smartphone users. Nomophobia had a significant relationship with gender, age group, and level of education; and the frequency of using smartphones had a significant relationship with age group and level of education. There was a positive correlation coefficient between nomophobia and the frequency of using smartphones. The mobile phone use predicted nomophobia with a beta coefficient of 0.402 (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Given the incidence rate of nomophobia disorder was moderate, it is necessary to make preventive decisions and plan educational programs in this regard for the health of university students. Alternative actions are recommended for the treatment in low rate of nomophobia, but drug therapy should be used in more advanced stages; therefore, it is suggested that more attention to be paid to students' free time and entertainments.
International Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: The health of children and adolescents has been one of the main concerns of parents a... more Background: The health of children and adolescents has been one of the main concerns of parents and teachers. Today, magazines are taken into account as useful tools for training these vulnerable groups. Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the health contents of children and adolescent magazines during years 2013 to 2014. Materials and Methods: This was an applied research and the method was content analysis. The analysis unit was page (text and image) of all children and adolescent magazines published during years 2013 and 2014 in Iran. The research was done based on Shannon entropy. The validity of the data-gathering tool was confirmed by experts in health education. Test-retest was used to determine the reliability of the tool and the correlation coefficient was 0.84. Results: In the mentioned magazines, most attention was towards nutrition components with 0.139 importance coefficient and sports and physical activity with 0.123 importance coefficient. While the least attention was devoted to puberty health component with 0.078 importance coefficient and smoking and drugs with 0.082 importance coefficient. Conclusions: Regarding the important role of magazines in preparing children and adolescences to have a healthy and happy life, it seems that despite their success in some areas, magazines couldn't help them in some categories such as puberty and addiction.
Health Information Management, 2016
Introduction: Accessing credible information is essential in the area of healthcare. Information ... more Introduction: Accessing credible information is essential in the area of healthcare. Information therapy is a method that helps patients to access credible and relevant information regarding their conditions. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of distant information therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels of patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Methods: The current applied and semi-empirical study was conducted on 31 patients with type 2 diabetes and 35 patients with pre-diabetes referring to Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Iran, during winter 2015. The subjects were chosen through simple random sampling. The subjects' HbA1C was measured at the beginning of the study and after the information therapy intervention. The gathered data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics in SPSS software. Results: The results showed no meaningful difference in the HbA1C levels in the type 2 diabetic or pre-...
PLOS ONE, 2020
Obsession with the physique and appearance is a by-product of consumer societies. As such, fitnes... more Obsession with the physique and appearance is a by-product of consumer societies. As such, fitness and slimming have now become major concerns of Iranian females. This study endeavors to elaborate on information-seeking behaviors among female students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences concerning fitness. This study conducted in 2018, employs a qualitative approach using conventional content analysis. The research population includes female students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 16 of whom were selected with use of purposive sampling. Data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and their trustworthiness was confirmed by the criteria of 'credibility', 'confirmability', 'dependability', and 'transferability' proposed by Guba and Lincoln. Results reveal four subcategories and nineteen codes on information-seeking behavior. Sub-categories and codes including information-seeking motivations (achieving physical health, physical appearance, social acceptability, self-confidence, family and friends' pressure) information resources (electronic information resources, social media, printed information resources, doctors and nutritionists, family and friends, traditional & Islamic medicine, radio and TV), information validation (asking the doctors and specialists, matching the information with scientific references, consulting with friends and relatives) and obstacles to seeking information (lack of time, high costs, distrust, access limitation). by increasing the students' informational and media literacy, providing authentic and low-cost online resources of information and specialized TV programs, the damages rooted in using invalid information resources concerning fitness can be substantially diminished.
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND Numerous questions are generated for physicians during patient care. Facilitators and ... more BACKGROUND Numerous questions are generated for physicians during patient care. Facilitators and barriers affect the physicians' clinical information-seeking behaviour. While most health studies have focused on barriers, few have dealt with facilitators. OBJECTIVE This review aimed to identify facilitators in physicians' information-seeking behaviour to help respond to clinical questions raised during patient care. METHODS A narrative review was conducted, and 9 databases were searched. Selection criteria included original articles in the context of patient care and full-text articles published in the English language from 2002 to 2019. The articles were selected and analysed by group discussions. RESULTS Analysis of studies disclosed personal, technical and organisational facilitators including 26 themes. Internet utilisation and information searching skills, more available time, personal interests and knowing preferred sites or textbooks were among the personal factors. The most common technical factors included providing navigation support, and ease of searching and finding needed information. The most commonly reported factors at the organisational level are closeness to Internet facility and access during the consultation. CONCLUSION Information systems designers, health service managers and librarians may need to work together to provide systems and settings that encourage doctors to seek information to answer their clinical questions during patient care.
International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2020
This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the ad... more This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2016
Background: With the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in th... more Background: With the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. This study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This was an applied survey study. The population of the study includes all librarians working in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. A sample of 89 librarians was selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of which was confirmed by specialists in the fields of librarianship and information sciences and virtual learning, and its reliability was determined to be 0.92, using Cronbach's Alpha. The questionnaire consisted of 51 items designed to evaluate the librarians' virtual learning skills using Likert scale. Descriptive and inf...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2017
Background: Information-seeking anxiety is a feeling caused by abundance of information or failur... more Background: Information-seeking anxiety is a feeling caused by abundance of information or failure to proper interpret the information that can adversely affect the ability of individuals for seeking information and meeting their information needs. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate information-seeking anxiety, factors causing it, and methods for addressing and reducing this type of anxiety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate information-seeking anxiety in postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This study has been conducted using survey method. A total of 265 postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were selected with the help of stratified random sampling. Data collection tool was a questionnaire designed for this purpose. The gathered data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results indicated that the topic selection factor played a more prominent role in creating information seeking anxiety compared to other factors. Apart from students of school of medicine, information seeking anxiety was below average among the students. In addition, there was a significant difference between information seeking anxiety in students from different departments. Finally, female students had higher information seeking anxiety compared to male students. Conclusion: Although information seeking anxiety among students was lower than average in most cases, further reduction of anxiety could be achieved by facilitating access to information resources and library information services and increasing the quality of students' information literacy through training courses tailored to each discipline are necessary.
Materia Socio Medica, 2016
Introduction: Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, ... more Introduction: Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, social, educational, or occupational problems for the people. Students need the internet more than other people due to their educational or research needs. The rate and type of the internet use may affect their information-seeking behavior too. This study aims to investigate the effect of the internet addiction on the information-seeking behavior of the postgraduate students. Methods: This applied study that uses the correlation method. The research population composed of 1149 postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, of which 284 were selected using the stratified random sampling as the sample. Yang's internet addiction questionnaire and the researcher-developed questionnaire of the information-seeking behavior were used as the data collection instruments. Instrument validity was confirmed by the specialists of librarianship and medical sciences and its reliability was confirmed using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.86). Research data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent-t tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, and variance analysis). Results: Based on the findings, there was no sign of internet addiction among the 86.6% of the students. However, 13% of the students were exposed to the internet addiction and only 0.4% of internet addiction was observed among the students. There was no significant difference between the information-seeking behavior of the male and female respondents. There was no sign of the internet addiction in any dimension of the information-seeking behavior of the students. Conclusion: This study showed that there is no relationship between the information-seeking behavior of the students and the age and the rate of the internet use. Promoting the network infrastructures and increasing the internet speed as well as facilitating the use of electronic resources should be prioritized by the officials.
Journal of education and health promotion, 2014
Today, the websites of college and university libraries play an important role in providing the n... more Today, the websites of college and university libraries play an important role in providing the necessary services for clients. These websites not only allow the users to access different collections of library resources, but also provide them with the necessary guidance in order to use the information. The goal of this study is the quality evaluation of the college library websites in Iranian Medical Universities based on the Stover model. This study uses an analytical survey method and is an applied study. The data gathering tool is the standard checklist provided by Stover, which was modified by the researchers for this study. The statistical population is the college library websites of the Iranian Medical Universities (146 websites) and census method was used for investigation. The data gathering method was a direct access to each website and filling of the checklist was based on the researchers' observations. Descriptive and analytical statistics (Analysis of Variance (ANO...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2017
Background: The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and convey information in various forms of ... more Background: The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and convey information in various forms of media including print and nonprint requires media literacy, but the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic information and services needed for appropriate decisions regarding health, considered an important element in a woman's ability to participate in health promotion and prevention activities for herself and her children, is needed to a level of health literacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between media literacy and health literacy among pregnant women in health centers in Isfahan. Materials and Methods: This study used a descriptive correlation study. Data collection tools include Shahin media literacy and functional health literacy in adults' questionnaires. The population include pregnant women in health centers of Isfahan (4080 people). Ten out of the 351 health centers in Isfahan were selected as cluster. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Media literacy of respondents in the five dimensions was significantly lower than average 61.5% of pregnant women have inadequate health literacy, 18.8% had marginal health literacy, and only 19.7% of them have had adequate health literacy. There was a significant positive relationship between media literacy and health literacy among pregnant women. Conclusion: This study showed that the majority of pregnant women covered by health centers had limited health literacy and media literacy. Since one of the basic requirements for the utilization of health information is needed for adequate media literacy, promotion of media literacy is necessary for the respondents.
Materia Socio Medica, 2016
Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, social, educat... more Internet addiction is a typical use of the internet that causes the psychological, social, educational, or occupational problems for the people. Students need the internet more than other people due to their educational or research needs. The rate and type of the internet use may affect their information-seeking behavior too. This study aims to investigate the effect of the internet addiction on the information-seeking behavior of the postgraduate students. This applied study that uses the correlation method. The research population composed of 1149 postgraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, of which 284 were selected using the stratified random sampling as the sample. Yang&amp;#39;s internet addiction questionnaire and the researcher-developed questionnaire of the information-seeking behavior were used as the data collection instruments. Instrument validity was confirmed by the specialists of librarianship and medical sciences and its reliability was confirmed using the Cronbach&amp;#39;s alpha coefficient (0.86). Research data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent-t tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, and variance analysis). Based on the findings, there was no sign of internet addiction among the 86.6% of the students. However, 13% of the students were exposed to the internet addiction and only 0.4% of internet addiction was observed among the students. There was no significant difference between the information-seeking behavior of the male and female respondents. There was no sign of the internet addiction in any dimension of the information-seeking behavior of the students. This study showed that there is no relationship between the information-seeking behavior of the students and the age and the rate of the internet use. Promoting the network infrastructures and increasing the internet speed as well as facilitating the use of electronic resources should be prioritized by the officials.