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Azam Aslani1, Omid Pournik1, Ameen Abu-Hanna2
1Department of Medical Informatics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|August 28, 2014
Summary
Evaluating reproductive health websites is crucial due to inaccurate online information. This study identified five scoring tools and proposed an integrated, user-friendly evaluation tool with 10 criteria for better quality assessment.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Digital Health
- Information Science
Background:
- The internet provides health information but often contains inaccuracies.
- Evaluating the quality of online reproductive health resources is essential to protect users.
- Various scoring tools exist to assess website appropriateness and quality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and summarize scoring tools for evaluating reproductive health websites.
- To compare existing evaluation tools.
- To recommend an overarching tool for assessing reproductive health website quality.
Main Methods:
- Searched Ovid MEDLINE and OVID Embase databases (up to July 2013).
- Included English language studies evaluating reproductive health websites.
- Excluded studies solely assessing website content.
Main Results:
- Identified five scoring tools: HON Code, Silberg scores, Hogne Sandvik scale, Kapoun's Criteria, and HITI criteria.
- Compared tools and identified 14 common criteria.
- Developed a new integrated tool with 10 criteria.
Conclusions:
- Existing website evaluation tools vary in criteria, lacking consensus.
- An integrated, easy-to-use set of criteria is needed for evaluating reproductive health websites.
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