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This research aims at the existing problems of medical students' information literacy to cultivate medical students' information literacy through the construction of cloud libraries, medical school characteristic library, medical schools sharing electronic resources and the establishment of medical student information literacy competitions. The results show that the total scores of medical students' information awareness, information knowledge, information ability, information ethics and information literacy have been greatly improved after the teaching reform [(11.56±1.37) vs. (15.64±1.88), (10.28±1.33) vs. (16.50±1.64), (9.50±1.29) vs. (15.22±1.90), (10.04±1.23) vs. (14.81±1.57), (41.92±3.20) vs. (61.59±3.57)], with statistical significance ( P<0.001). The medical significance shows that the teaching reform based on the construction of the library's diversified information source system can significantly improve the information literacy level of medical students.
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Objectives: There has been a gap in the literature regarding the knowledge of health-care workers, including medical students, on the speciality of oculoplasty. In this study, we aimed to assess the perception and knowledge of oculoplasty among medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among medical students at King Abdulaziz University during the months of June 2018 and September 2018. Data were collected using a selfadministered questionnaire. Results: This study involved 625 medical students from the second to sixth-year levels. The highest number of participants was from the third year 185 (29.6%). Most of the medical students 381 (61.0%), did not know about the training required to become an oculoplastic surgeon, and only 50 (8.0%) were interested in the speciality as a career. Ptosis was the most identified condition by medical students to be treated by oculoplastic surgeons, 316 (50.56%), and entropion was the least, 86 (13.76%). Less than one third, 177 (28.3%) of the medical students disagreed regarding oculoplastic surgery as it is very risky. The most important source of information for oculoplastic surgery was ‘social media,’ 258 (41.28%); and the least effective was ‘magazines,’ 20 (3.2%). The mean (SD) knowledge score for all respondents was 3.61 (2.18%). Conclusion: Medical students lack proper knowledge in the field of oculoplasty. This is related to the lack of exposure to the speciality in various areas including medical rotations, conferences, and summer training. This has contributed to the lack of interest in pursuing a future career in oculoplasty.
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This study examined socio-demographic variables as predictors of accessibility, utilization and preference for reproductive health information sources among undergraduate students in Nigerian universities. The study adopted a survey research design. A sample of 2615 undergraduate students was drawn from six conventional federal universities in the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Data were collected using the questionnaire. Of the 2615 copies of questionnaire distributed, 1615 usable copies of the questionnaire were returned, giving 62% return rate. Result of Regression analysis revealed that the seven independent variables jointly predicted accessibility to reproductive health information sources, utilization of reproductive health information sources, preference for reproductive health information sources and knowledge of reproductive health among undergraduate students. The study concluded that strategies aimed at the provision of access to reproductive health information to young people may be more effective if their socio-demographic characteristics are factored into such interventions.
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Students, Health Occupations , Access to Information , Reproductive Health , Education, Medical, Undergraduate , International Network of Information and Knowledge Sources for Sciences, Technology and Innovation Management , Health Information ExchangeABSTRACT
GoalTo determine current and the most widely used methods of delivering health information to urban population aged 15-64.Materials and MethodsA two-stage proportional sampling method was used and 809 respondents aged 15-64 were involved. The data was collected using quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative data was processed using the SPSS 13 software. Error limit (e) of 0.05 was chosen as having a statistical probability.ResultsSurvey involved 809 respondents aged 15-64 from Ulaanbaatar, Bayan-ulgii aimag (western region), Huvshul aimag (forest region), Dornod aimag (eastern region) and Dundgovi aimag (central region) centers of which 357 are male and 452 female. TV is the most popular information source although there are no regular hours for health information; in particular NCDs. Respondents prefer to watch related programs at specific TV hours every week. In regards to ways of receiving information, respondents would like to see live TV programs (60.9%), short commercials or ads (29.7%), documentaries (24.1%) and entertainment shows (17.1%).Conclusions:1. The most popular sources for getting health information, specifically on NCDs, to the population are television, newspapers, magazines, the Internet and friends. There is no difference noticed in information sources between Ulaanbaatar and aimag centers.2. There is a need to deliver information to population aged 15-64 on general understanding of NCDs, their prevention, on healthy diet, avoidance of harmful habits such as use of alcohol and tobacco. The most effective ways to deliver the information to the target population are communication channels such as television, health professionals and facilities, health volunteers, newspapers, magazines, Internet and friends.
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This study explores some basic issues behind adults' seeking and using patterns of alternative medicine as well as health food (health food/medicine). In order to do this, 791 adult participants in Seoul and Busan were interviewed face-to-face. The results of the survey showed that 1) interpersonal influence was the most influential factor in relation to the adoption of health food/medicine(46.9% of the participants reported on the influences), 2) keeping healthy was the main motivation for the usage of health food/medicine(34.5% of the participants), 3) mass media was the important information source for health food/medicine, 4) with regard to trustworthiness of information sources, experts were believed to be the most trustworthy while information from acquaintances were thought less, and finally, 5) pharmacies and health food stores were main suppliers of health food/medicine. This study suggests some marketing strategies for health food/medicine. For example, it can be suggested that interpersonal communication among other information channels should be focused and might be increased trust by using professionals.
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Adult , Humans , Complementary Therapies , Dietary Supplements , Friends , Food, Organic , Marketing , Mass Media , Motivation , Pharmacies , SeoulABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the information searching behavior of health care consumers according to sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: A questionnaire survey was conducted of 1,507 persons who were selected through a multi-stage stratified area cluster sampling of the Republic of Korea, excluding the province of Jeju-do. Personal were conducted through a door-to-door survey between 27 July and 10 August 1999. RESULTS: 80.5% of respondents used more than one source of information and those 40~59 years of age, female, a housewife or student and those who claimed a religion demonstrated more active information searching behavior. A personal informer was used significantly more in those 20~39 years old, female, and those who claimed a religion. Clerical workers, those with post-secondary education and a monthly income greater than 2,000,000 won ($1500) were more actively used a public informer. Low socioeconomic status and older persons used an experimental informer when they chose a health care institution. CONCLUSION: Regardless of the sociodemographic characteristics, personal and experimental informers were the most useful source of information. Because appropriate information was not easy to obtain, the health care consumer was dependent upon word-of-mouth communication(personal informer) when using health care services.
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Female , Humans , Appetitive Behavior , Data Collection , Delivery of Health Care , Education , Surveys and Questionnaires , Republic of Korea , Social ClassABSTRACT
Objective: To study the impression of Chinese people on Chinese urban children, their main source of information about the Chinese people, and the infvuence of age, school, and gender upon their evaluation. Methods: 383 Chinese urban children ranging from 5 to 12 years were interviewed individually or investigated with the questionnaire. Results: Most of the children reported that the Chinese were happy, clean, peaceful, clever, hardworking, kind and nice. However, the urban children's positive impression of the Chinese people was decreased with their growing up. The study also found that children's information on the Chinese people was mainly in order from television, newspapers, books and cartoons, parents, classmates, friends and teachers, and radio, and that the information source became increasingly diversificed with age. No significant difference in gender and between two schools was found. Conclusion: Chinese urban children had a positive impression of Chinese people, and they had a preference and identity for Chinese people . Mass media were the main source of information.