Dissemination of Health Information through Community Empowerment

Library and dissemination of health information

Purpose: The aim of this research is to determine the role of public and academic libraries in disseminating of health information and comparing of the two types of libraries with each other. Method: The research method is applied with descriptive-survey. The sample size was determined by using the Morgan table, 379 people. The questionnaires were distributed using Quotas sampling method. ...

Community Based Information Dissemination

Given a social network, we are interested to determine k seeds that maximize the dissemination of information. Based on the principle of homophily, communities play an important role since information can be disseminated to communities via the seeds. We introduce a new mechanism for detecting communities satisfying the pertinent criteria for communities and information dissemination. We demonst...

women empowerment through health information seeking: a qualitative study

background: today, women empowering is an important issue. several methods have been introduced to empower women. health information seeking is one of the most important activities in this regard. a wide range of capabilities have been reported as outcomes of health information seeking in several studies. as health information seeking is developed within personal-social interactions and also th...

Preventing diabetes through community empowerment.

Women Empowerment through Health Information Seeking: A Qualitative Study

BACKGROUND Today, women empowering is an important issue.  Several methods have been introduced to empower women. Health information seeking is one of the most important activities in this regard. A wide range of capabilities have been reported as outcomes of health information seeking in several studies. As health information seeking is developed within personal-social interactions and also th...