Hesamaddin Kamal Zadeh, Marziyeh Barzegar, Samireh Abedini,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (Summer 2020)
Abstract
Aim: Educational center websites play an important role in providing information for current students, future students, graduates, and faculty members. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of educational indicators intervention on the website of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental (before and after) the research population was the websites of seven affiliated faculties of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. The websites were investigated using a researcher-made checklist for the presence or absence of variables and indicators derived from the indicators explained according to the educational rankings of medical universities and accreditation standards of educational institutions (from the packages of the Transformation Plan in Education). Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and descriptive statistics (mean) and paired t-test.
Results: According to the results of this study, there was a significant difference between the mean score before and after the intervention in the structure as well as the organizational identity of the Bandar Abbas Nursing and Midwifery School website. There was also a difference between the mean scores of the medical school website content and the how to communicate in the faculty websites of the Medical, Nursing and Midwifery, Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Sciences schools of Bandar Abbas Medical Science University.
Conclusion: Due to the importance of websites, the relevant authorities should have accurate policies and planning and regular monitoring of the websites to develop them quantitatively and qualitatively.
Hamidreza Noori Madvani, Samireh Abedini, Hesamaddin Kamal Zadeh,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (spring 2021)
Abstract
Aims: Due to the development of the Internet, banks are rapidly moving towards providing an online banking platform for their customers. One of the most widely used aspects of such platforms is the use of mobile banking. The aim of the present study was to determine the factors affecting the acceptance of mobile banking based on Social Cognitive Theory by Bank Mellat customers in Bandar Abbas.
Instrument & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted from March 2016 to August 2017 on the customers of 15 branches of Bank Mellat in Bandar Abbas. The required number of samples was estimated to be 384 who were selected using the convenience sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the data, which was then analyzed using SPSS 22 and Smart PLS 2 statistical softwares.
Findings: Social features, trust, ease of use and online customer services had a significant effect on customers' intentions to adopt mobile banking with t-value of 4/71, 7/24, 9/05 and 4/31 respectively. However, compatibility with lifestyle did not have a significant relationship with the customers' intentions to adopt mobile banking (t-value =1/78).
Conclusion: Mobile-banking is utilized willingly by Mellat Bank Customers in Bandar Abbas and is influenced by social features, trust, ease of use and online customer services.
Akhtar Sayadi, Sedigheh Abedini, Samireh Abedini, Hesamaddin Kamal Zadeh,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (Spring 2023)
Abstract
Objective The growth in the number of older people as the silent revolution is a phenomenon of the 21st century in developed and developing countries. Their care has become one of the serious health challenges around the world, especially for those with non-communicable diseases. This study was aims to investigate the health literacy and self-care status of the elderly in Iran.
Methods In this review study, a search was conducted for the related studies in Iran published from 2005 to 2021 in Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Web of Science, DOAJ, Magiran, IranMedex and Scientific Information Database (SID). Selection methods for study: Initial search yielded 508 articles, of which 36 were finally selected after eliminating duplicates and using the PRISMA checklist.
Results Of 36 articles, 23 assessed the self-care status in the elderly and 13 assessed the health literacy level of the elderly.
Conclusion The self-care and health literacy of the elderly in Iran is at low level and are related to various factors. It is necessary to use methods with positive effect on their self-care and health literacy such as educational interventions.