TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring web site usage of e-bug
T2 - A hygiene and antibiotic awareness resource for children
AU - Young, Vicki
AU - Rajapandian, Vijayamaharaj
AU - Eley, Charlotte
AU - Hoekstra, Beverley A.
AU - Lecky, Donna
AU - McNulty, Cliodna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 JMIR Publications Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - Background: E-Bug is an educational resource which teaches children and young people about microbes, hygiene, infection, and prudent antibiotic use. The e-Bug resources are available in over 22 different languages and they are used widely across the globe. The resources can be accessed from the e-Bug website. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the usage of the e-Bug website in order to understand how users access the website, where and when they access the site, and to review variation in use across the different areas of the site. Methods: The usage statistics for the e-Bug website were monitored by Google Analytics between September 2010 and August 2013. Results: The statistics show the website had over 324,000 visits during the three years, from just under 250,000 visitors, with the number of visitors increasing year after year. Visitors accessed the website from 211 different countries, with more than 267,000 documents downloaded. The majority of visitors were from the United Kingdom and visited the English website, although countries such as France and Portugal were also frequent visitors. Conclusions: These website statistics confirm that e-Bug is frequently used across Europe and highlight that e-Bug use has expanded across the world. The findings from this report will be used to inform future modifications or updates to the materials, as well as the development of new educational resources.
AB - Background: E-Bug is an educational resource which teaches children and young people about microbes, hygiene, infection, and prudent antibiotic use. The e-Bug resources are available in over 22 different languages and they are used widely across the globe. The resources can be accessed from the e-Bug website. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the usage of the e-Bug website in order to understand how users access the website, where and when they access the site, and to review variation in use across the different areas of the site. Methods: The usage statistics for the e-Bug website were monitored by Google Analytics between September 2010 and August 2013. Results: The statistics show the website had over 324,000 visits during the three years, from just under 250,000 visitors, with the number of visitors increasing year after year. Visitors accessed the website from 211 different countries, with more than 267,000 documents downloaded. The majority of visitors were from the United Kingdom and visited the English website, although countries such as France and Portugal were also frequent visitors. Conclusions: These website statistics confirm that e-Bug is frequently used across Europe and highlight that e-Bug use has expanded across the world. The findings from this report will be used to inform future modifications or updates to the materials, as well as the development of new educational resources.
KW - Antibiotics
KW - Educational resources
KW - Public health
KW - e-Bug
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029189162&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2196/resprot.4049
DO - 10.2196/resprot.4049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029189162
SN - 1929-0748
VL - 4
JO - JMIR Research Protocols
JF - JMIR Research Protocols
IS - 4
M1 - e131
ER -
