Health Information management
shahnaz khademizadeh; samira esmaeili
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Introduction: With the significant expansion of research, we are witnessing the discrediting of some scientific outputs in the field of medicine. This study endeavored to investigate the dimensions and patterns of cooperation of internationally discredited works in the field of medicine in the Scopus ...
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Introduction: With the significant expansion of research, we are witnessing the discrediting of some scientific outputs in the field of medicine. This study endeavored to investigate the dimensions and patterns of cooperation of internationally discredited works in the field of medicine in the Scopus database.Methods: This study is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of conducting research and data analysis, it is quantitative and has been done using bibliometric analysis method and scientometric approach and illustration techniques to draw scientific collaborations. The population is all the discredited medical works available from 2016 to the end of 2020 in the Scopus database which has been done using the network analysis method.Results: The findings showed that during the period, 480 works published in Scopus database were discredited. The Unites States, England, India, and China have the highest index of centrality, intimacy, and crosscontextuality. These countries play an important role in connecting nodes and transmitting information over the network.Conclusion: Discredited articles in the United States and England have high centrality indices, which indicates the greater influence and power of these countries, which, in turn, have a greater influence on other countries in the scientific network.
Health Information management
shahnaz khademizadeh; Ghazavi Roghayeh; Maryam Aghaei
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Introduction: Due to the encounter of the research community with information and the discussion of distinguishing true from false information that individuals face during a crisis, this study endeavors to determine the relationship between health literacy and e-health literacy with the acceptance of ...
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Introduction: Due to the encounter of the research community with information and the discussion of distinguishing true from false information that individuals face during a crisis, this study endeavors to determine the relationship between health literacy and e-health literacy with the acceptance of conspiracy beliefs and anxiety. The future in the face of covid-19 among graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz has been conducted.Methods: The population for this correlational survey study of the research was the post-graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the academic year 2018-2019, which included 362 individuals in the research sample. The instrumentation included a 32-item questionnaire adopted from Duplaga & Grysztar (2021). The data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient test.Results: Correlation analysis test was used to measure the relationship between the variables. It was found that health literacy and e-health literacy had an inverse relationship with acceptance of conspiracy belief and future anxiety, and increasing health literacy and e-health literacy decreased acceptance of conspiracy belief and anxiety.Conclusion: According to the findings, students with higher health literacy act more intelligently against false and fake information and future anxiety caused by it, as well as conspiracy theories related to the information. Therefore, increasing health literacy and e-health literacy of students can help to fight against the negative consequences and bad effects of health crisis and information diseases.
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; Fatemeh Rafieinasab
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Introduction: The field of librarianship and information science with interdisciplinary nature trains specialized human resources required by libraries, academics, hospitals, and research information centers. This study endeavors to investigate the problems and strategies affecting the promotion of the ...
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Introduction: The field of librarianship and information science with interdisciplinary nature trains specialized human resources required by libraries, academics, hospitals, and research information centers. This study endeavors to investigate the problems and strategies affecting the promotion of the job status in this field.Methods: This qualitative case study reviewed the viewpoints of specialists. Interviewees were selected by purposeful sampling method and their views were collected using semi-structured interviews; after the initial coding, their classification was done.Results: By analyzing the interviews, the problems of the medical librarianship job status were identified according to the job classification booklet in the employment category. Regarding the problems of public jobs, changing the job title of librarian to an expert in knowledge and information science and being limited to several professions, and in the specialized jobs section, occupational field of health information technology expert, as well as the employment problems of medical librarians were mentioned and some strategies were proposed from the viewpoint of professors and experts in this field.Conclusion: The field of medical librarianship, after several decades of its activity in Iran, needs strategies to improve job position. In effect, with the specialization of librarians' activities, the creation of independent job disciplines can help to improve the job status of the discipline. It is expected that the results of the present study can help managers and those in charge in planning and decision-making.
