The Mobile Education Model Based on the  WeChat Public Platform

Shang, Qiufeng; Hu, Yuting

doi:10.2991/iceemr-18.2018.65

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“…According to the WeChat Data Report 2018 released by Tencent in 2018, the monthly number of active WPAs exceeded 3.5 million, and the monthly number of active fans reached 797 million [12]. WeChat has gained rapid popularity in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and other regions in the world where people of Chinese ethnicity reside, so that WPAs are now an important means of disseminating information [13]. Unlike apps on mobile platforms, WPAs do not differ based on the operating system; both Android and iOS support access to WPAs.…”

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Evaluating the Quality of Health-Related WeChat Public Accounts: Cross-Sectional Study

Wang¹,

Wang²,

Wei³

et al. 2020

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Background As representatives of health information communication platforms accessed through mobile phones and mobile terminals, health-related WeChat public accounts (HWPAs) have a large consumer base in the Chinese-speaking world. However, there is still a lack of general understanding of the status quo of HWPAs and the quality of the articles they release. Objective The aims of this study were to assess the conformity of HWPAs to the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) and to evaluate the suitability of articles disseminated by HWPAs. Methods The survey was conducted from April 23 to May 5, 2019. Based on the monthly (March 1-31, 2019) WeChat Index provided by Qingbo Big Data, the top 100 HWPAs were examined to evaluate their HONcode compliance. The first four articles published by each HWPA on the survey dates were selected as samples to evaluate their suitability. All materials were assessed by three raters. The materials were assessed using the HONcode checklist and the Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) score sheet. Data analysis was performed with SPSS version 17.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) and Excel version 2013 (Microsoft Inc, Washington DC, USA). Results A total of 93 HWPAs and 210 of their released articles were included in this study. For six of the eight principles, the 93 HWPAs nearly consistently did not meet the requirements of the HONcode. The HWPAs certified by Tencent Corporation (66/93, 71%) were generally slightly superior to those without such certification (27/93, 29%) in terms of compliance with HONcode principles. The mean SAM score for the 210 articles was 67.72 (SD 10.930), which indicated “adequate” suitability. There was no significant difference between the SAM scores of the articles published by certified and uncertified HWPAs (P=.07), except in the literacy requirements dimension (tdf=97=–2.418, P=.02). Conclusions The HWPAs had low HONcode conformity. Although the suitability of health information released by HWPAs was at a moderate level, there were still problems identified, such as difficulty in tracing information sources, excessive implicit advertisements, and irregular usage of charts. In addition, the low approval requirements of HWPAs were not conducive to improvement of their service quality.

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Section: As Online Information Communication Platforms Launched Bymentioning

confidence: 99%