the effect of lorestan university of medical sciences academic members' information production between 2003-2005 on information added value

introduction: research is one of the most important ways of information production. among different kinds of research, applicability of research findings and the added-value of the elicited information are of great importance. creativity, production of new technology, theory or method and problem solving are among the indices of information added-value. this study aimed to investigate the relation between research and community health improvement at lorestan university of medical sciences. methods: this survey reviewed academic members’ research projects between 2002 and 2005 in order to determine the information added-value. biost three-dimensional qualitative model was used. this model consists of three components namely encoding, abstraction and publication and determines minimum and maximum added value of the elicited information. a questionnaire including 23 questions was designed. the questionnaire was validated through literature review and consultation with efficient epidemiologists. the collected data were analyzed using spss. results: our findings revealed that the maximum variance of added value was between minimum and maximum amounts of biost model. f test showed that there was no significant difference between the mean values of coding component of the produced information (p<0.05) during those years. conclusion: the information added values, the favorability and scarcity of information should be considered more by researchers.