Exploratory study: Health promotion through Wikipedia outreach and educational activities
Thais Morata,
Fernanda Zucki,
Adriano Jorge Arrigo
et al.
Abstract:Background
Several health institutions developed strategies to improve health content on Wikimedia platforms, given their unparalleled reach. The objective of this study was to compare an online a volunteer-based Wikimedia outreach campaign and Wikipedia university course assignments in terms of the reach of the contributions and evaluate the extent of the students' input.
Methods
In 2022, researchers from seven Brazilian universities and a Canadian university, in coordination with the National Institute fo… Show more
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