Designing an Educational Program for Empowering Health News Producers and Assessing Its Impact

Designing an Educational Program for Empowering Health News Producers and Assessing Its Impact on the quality of health research-based news

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2013012112211N1

Enrollment

100

Registered

2013-03-07

Start date

2011-09-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

the quality of health research-based news.

Interventions

An educational intervention including the presentation of educational content in the form a 2-day workshop on preparation and production of health research-based news.

An educational intervention including the presentation of educational content in the form a 2-day workshop on preparation and production of health research-based news

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All individuals who are experienced in production of health news in public and private mass media, and who have worked as journalists, translators or chief-editors for at least the past six months. The participant must present the baseline data to be eligible for inclusion in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The quality of the news produced by participants. Timepoint: Immediately after the intervention, 3 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Health news quality assessment tool.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMahnaz Ashoorkhani

Knowledge Utilization Research Center

ashoorkhani@farabi.tums.ac.ir+98 21 8897 5660

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026