Wikipedia: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion
Wikipedia: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion
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DOI：
10.2196/jmir.1589
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Laurent, Michael R.
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作者：
Heilman, James M.;Kemmann, Eckhard;Laurent, Michael R.
互联网已成为患者和公众重要的健康信息资源。维基百科，一个协作编写的基于网络的百科全书，已经成为主导的在线参考工作。它通常在搜索引擎查询的结果中名列前茅，包括在搜索医疗信息时。自2004年4月以来，编辑们成立了一个名为“维基医学计划”的组织，协调和讨论英文维基百科的医学内容。本文由维基医学项目成员撰写，讨论了维基百科作为健康信息来源的复杂性、优点和缺点，并将其与其他医学维基进行了比较。医学专业人员、他们的协会、患者团体和机构可以帮助改进维基百科与健康相关的条目。几个合作的例子已经表明，加强维基百科生物医学内容的热情。鉴于其独特的全球影响力，我们认为其作为全球健康促进工具的可能性被低估了。我们邀请医学界加入维基百科的编辑，目的是为人们提供免费的、可靠的、可理解的和最新的健康信息。
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.