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Salwa Bahkali¹, Ahmad Almaiman², Mahassen Alsaleh³

¹College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) offers a web-based health education site in Saudi Arabia. Further research is recommended to assess its impact on Saudi patients' health knowledge and behaviors.

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Digital Health
Health Informatics
Health Education

Background:

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) in Saudi Arabia developed a web-based health educational platform.
Assessing digital health resources is crucial for improving health literacy and patient engagement.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide an overview of the KFSH&RC web-based health educational site.
To identify the types of health information and features available on the site.

Main Methods:

Exploratory study utilizing qualitative data.
Interviews with IT personnel, health educators, and medical consultants at KFSH&RC.
Content analysis of the KFSH&RC website.

Main Results:

The KFSH&RC website offers a medical encyclopedia, social networking, educational links, and resources for children.
Content includes games and coloring books for pediatric health education.
The site aims to disseminate health information across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Conclusions:

The KFSH&RC web-based health education site provides diverse health information resources.
Further research is needed to evaluate the site's effectiveness in improving Saudi patients' health knowledge and behaviors.
Developing targeted strategies is recommended to reach rural populations with limited digital access and skills.