title: Empowering Saudi patients: how do Saudi health websites compare to international health websites?
abstract: Little information is known about how Saudi health websites compare internationally. The purpose of this paper is to compare two leading Saudi health websites with leading international health websites. The study was conducted as a convenience sample at a graduate health college in Saudi Arabia. A total of 42 students participated in the study. The study found that, in general, English websites have higher levels of performance with regard to quality of information, authority and objectivity, coverage and currency, and design. However, the respondents considered Saudi health websites to be superior with regard to maintaining privacy and security. The results indicate that much more work is needed in designing Saudi Health to make them more trustworthy and credible. The limitations of this work and future research directions are also discussed.
authors: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. househmo@ngha.med.sa
authors: Mowafa
authors: M
authors: Househ
authors: Abdulrahman
authors: A
authors: Alsughayar
authors: Maha
authors: M
authors: Al-Mutairi
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D038622:Internationality; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014584:User-Computer Interface