Wikipedia: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion

被引：148

作者：

Heilman, James M. ^{[2
,3
]}

Kemmann, Eckhard ^{[4
]}

Bonert, Michael ^{[5
]}

Chatterjee, Anwesh ^{[6
]}

Ragar, Brent ^{[7
,8
]}

Beards, Graham M. ^{[9
]}

Iberri, David J. ^{[10
]}

Harvey, Matthew ^{[11
,12
]}

Thomas, Brendan ^{[13
]}

Stomp, Wouter ^{[14
]}

Martone, Michael F. ^{[15
]}

Lodge, Daniel J. ^{[16
]}

Vondracek, Andrea ^{[17
,25
]}

de Wolff, Jacob F. ^{[18
]}

Liber, Casimir ^{[19
,20
]}

Grover, Samir C. ^{[21
]}

Vickers, Tim J. ^{[22
]}

Mesko, Bertalan ^{[23
,24
]}

Laurent, Michael R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hosp Leuven, Dept Internal Med, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium

[2] Univ Saskatchewan, Coll Med, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W0, Canada

[3] Moose Jaw Union Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada

[4] Univ Med & Dent New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Obstet Gynecol & Reprod Sci, New Brunswick, NJ USA

[5] Univ Toronto, Dept Lab Med & Pathobiol, Toronto, ON, Canada

[6] Poole Gen Hosp, Dept Resp Med, Poole, Dorset, England

[7] Harvard Univ, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Boston, MA USA

[8] Harvard Univ, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Boston, MA USA

[9] Walsall Manor Hosp, Walsall, W Midlands, England

[10] Univ Vermont, Coll Med, Burlington, VT USA

[11] Royal Brisbane & Womens Hosp, Dept Anat Pathol, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

[12] Univ Queensland, Sch Med, Div Cellular & Mol Pathol, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

[13] Univ Illinois, Dept Dermatol, Chicago, IL USA

[14] Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Radiol, Leiden, Netherlands

[15] Rush Univ, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA

[16] Univ Toronto, Dept Cardiac Surg, Toronto, ON, Canada

[17] Univ Colorado, Sch Med, Dept Immunol, Denver, CO USA

[18] Univ Coll Hosp, Dept Acute Med, London, England

[19] Bankstown Hlth Serv, Dept Psychiat, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[20] Univ New S Wales, Coll Med, Sch Psychiat, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[21] Univ Toronto, Div Gastroenterol, Toronto, ON, Canada

[22] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Microbiol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA

[23] Univ Debrecen, Sch Med, Debrecen, Hungary

[24] Univ Debrecen, Hlth Sci Ctr, Debrecen, Hungary

[25] Univ Colorado, Natl Jewish Hlth, Denver, CO 80202 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH | 2011年 / 13卷 / 01期

关键词：

Internet; Wikipedia; public health; health information; knowledge dissemination; patient education; medical education; WORLD-WIDE-WEB; INTERNET USE; INFORMATION; MEDICINE; QUALITY; IMPACT; CONSUMERS; EDUCATION; FUTURE; SEARCH;

D O I：

10.2196/jmir.1589

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The Internet has become an important health information resource for patients and the general public. Wikipedia, a collaboratively written Web-based encyclopedia, has become the dominant online reference work. It is usually among the top results of search engine queries, including when medical information is sought. Since April 2004, editors have formed a group called WikiProject Medicine to coordinate and discuss the English-language Wikipedia's medical content. This paper, written by members of the WikiProject Medicine, discusses the intricacies, strengths, and weaknesses of Wikipedia as a source of health information and compares it with other medical wikis. Medical professionals, their societies, patient groups, and institutions can help improve Wikipedia's health-related entries. Several examples of partnerships already show that there is enthusiasm to strengthen Wikipedia's biomedical content. Given its unique global reach, we believe its possibilities for use as a tool for worldwide health promotion are underestimated. We invite the medical community to join in editing Wikipedia, with the goal of providing people with free access to reliable, understandable, and up-to-date health information.

引用

页码：153 / 164

页数：12

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