People with poor health literacy are those who have less knowledge about disease management and health promotion behaviors, and generally have poorer health status. This study was performed on medical and allied health students in schools affiliated to Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Iran in β A researcher-made questionnaire and standard questionnaire were used. Descriptive statistics and regression test were used by SPSS 19 to analyze data in significance level of 0. The advent of information technology has had profound effects on human life.
Perhaps education and learning have been affected by that more than other areas. One reason for using the World Wide Web is to achieve information of health services. People promote their literacy in the field of health issues through the Internet 3.
Health literacy represents the link between literacy and health. People with poor health literacy are those who have less knowledge about disease management and health promotion behaviors and generally have poorer health status 4.
Inadequate health literacy increases the inefficacy of health care. So low-educated people use less preventive services and are at risk 5. Many studies consider the content of health-related websites to be the most important factor of the success in achieving health information 7. University websites are the most important communication tools for introducing and communicating with universities at national and international levels. Regular reviewing and evaluating websites structurally and contently, followed by recognizing their strengths and weaknesses, will provide a good strategy for policy and decision making 9.
The content of a university website includes information and capacities and services that a university offers through a website. Considering that the main users of such websites are mostly faculty members and students, the content of these websites should be such that they can meet the information needs of their users Participants in this study were medical and allied health students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
