ABSTRACT
Objective: facilitating health provision to masses involving internet is an emerging aspect of medical profession. This exploratory study aims to assess the adequacy of such services in schools of Lahore and form basis for further work up in this aspect
Material and Methods: out of 1400 schools registered with BISE, Lahore, private [43] and public [16] schools of Lahore were included in the study [purposive sampling by inclusion criteria] who had web pages [n=59]; Data was collected by data extraction form through internet and descriptive analysis was done using SPSS version 17. It was a self-financed study
Results: our results concluded that 53% schools [n=59] had well-equipped computer laboratories; out which 40% were private and only 13% were public, however not all of them provided access to internet. 39% of the schools regularly updated their websites; 29% were private and only 10% were public. 28% of the 59 schools provided their telephone numbers which the parents can contact in case of any emergency or otherwise.14% of the total schools had health related content available on their website. Only 3% each of both the schools displayed messages regarding health education
Conclusion: this study implies that the provision of e-health services in the schools of Lahore is almost negligible. Internet is a rising technology in Pakistan and steps should be taken to incorporate internet based innovations in the school health policy of Pakistan