Document Type : Original Article(s)
Authors
1 M Sc. of Information Sciences; Director of Central Library, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran.
2 a
Abstract
Introduction: Research is one of the most important ways of information production. Among different kinds of research, applicability of research findings and the added-value of the elicited information are of great importance. Creativity, production of new technology, theory or method and problem solving are among the indices of information added-value. This study aimed to investigate the relation between research and community health improvement at Lorestan University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This survey reviewed academic members’ research projects between 2002 and 2005 in order to determine the information added-value. Biost three-dimensional qualitative model was used. This model consists of three components namely encoding, abstraction and publication and determines minimum and maximum added value of the elicited information.
A questionnaire including 23 questions was designed. The questionnaire was validated through literature review and consultation with efficient epidemiologists. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS.
Results: Our findings revealed that the maximum variance of added value was between minimum and maximum amounts of Biost model. F test showed that there was no significant difference between the mean values of coding component of the produced information (P
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