Exposure to health websites and its impact on increasing public health awareness: a field study

Document Type : Academic scientific reviews of any other material related to the main domains of this Journal.

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Faculty of Arts, Department of Mass Communication, Aswan University

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Exposure to health websites and its impact on increasing public health awareness: a field study

Researcher / Reem Abdelrazek Ahmed

Abstract: - This study is concerned with knowing the limits of public exposure to health websites in their various forms and orientations in providing health information, and the reflection of the information, topics and health issues provided by health websites that address them on the public's health awareness, as the study aimed to assess the extent of public exposure to health websites and health information. Identifying the extent of public interaction with the health information provided on health websites, in addition to identifying the interactive tools used by websites to increase health awareness among the public, and to achieve the goal of the study, the survey methodology was relied upon, and then data analysis and linkage and finding relationships through statistical analysis, . The study also recommends that health websites should use all the tools with which health information is presented in an attractive manner. Conducting studies on the role of social networks in shaping public knowledge about health issues.

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