TY - GEN
T1 - Health information in the Arab world
AU - Aldabbagh, Dina
AU - Alsharif, Khlood
AU - Househ, Mowafa S.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Availability of online health information in the Arab world is growing rapidly, as well as the demand for it. Today, the Arab health consumer is searching for health information that is in Arabic and is culturally relevant. The purpose of this paper is to document the various initiatives around the development of online health information in the Arab world. The paper highlights the status of online health information in Arab counties with a specific focus on Saudi Arabia. A comprehensive search of both academic and gray literature was conducted in October 2012. Google Scholar, PubMed, the Google search engines were searched. Results show that there has been an increase in the number of health information websites being created in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Examples of some these initiatives are discussed. Future challenges to the growth of health information content in the Arab world are also discussed.
AB - Availability of online health information in the Arab world is growing rapidly, as well as the demand for it. Today, the Arab health consumer is searching for health information that is in Arabic and is culturally relevant. The purpose of this paper is to document the various initiatives around the development of online health information in the Arab world. The paper highlights the status of online health information in Arab counties with a specific focus on Saudi Arabia. A comprehensive search of both academic and gray literature was conducted in October 2012. Google Scholar, PubMed, the Google search engines were searched. Results show that there has been an increase in the number of health information websites being created in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Examples of some these initiatives are discussed. Future challenges to the growth of health information content in the Arab world are also discussed.
KW - Arabic Health Information
KW - Online Health Information
KW - health consumer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894269799&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-276-9-297
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-276-9-297
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23823454
AN - SCOPUS:84894269799
SN - 9781614992752
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 297
EP - 299
BT - Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare
PB - IOS Press
T2 - International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2013
Y2 - 5 July 2013 through 7 July 2013
ER -