Electronic Physician (ISSN: 2008-5842) http://www.ephysician.ir May 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 6796-6802, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/6796 Corresponding author: Assistant Professor Dr. Ali Valinejadi, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. Tel: +9823-33614664, Fax: +9823-33614664, Email: valinejadi.a@semums.ac.ir Received: January 01, 2018, Accepted: March 10, 2018, Published: May 2018 iThenticate screening: March 11, 2018, English editing: April 13, 2018, Quality control: April 15, 2018 This article has been reviewed / commented by eight experts © 2018 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Page 6796 A conceptual model of the impacts of quality components of a health department website on students' health literacy at Semnan University of Medical Sciences Mehdi Kahouei 1 , Ali Mohammadi 2 , Javad Zarei 3 , Nasrollah Nasr Heidarabadi 4 , Ali Valinejadi 5 1 Ph.D. of Health Information Management, Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran 2 Ph.D. of Health Information Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Information Technology, Paramedical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran 3 Ph.D. of Health Information Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Information Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 4 Ph.D. of Medical Informatics, Department of Information Technology, Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam-ol-Anbia Hospital, Tehran Iran 5 Ph.D. of Health Information Management, Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran Type of article: Original Abstract Background: People with poor health literacy are those who have less knowledge about disease management and health promotion behaviors, and generally have poorer health status. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of qualitative components of the health website of Semnan University of Medical Sciences on the students’ health literacy. Methods: This study was performed on 529 medical and allied health students in schools affiliated to Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2016-2017. A researcher-made questionnaire and standard questionnaire were used. Descriptive statistics and regression test were used by SPSS 19 to analyze data in significance level of 0.01. Results: The findings showed that there were poor relationships between communications in the health website and health literacy (R 2 =0.265, B=0.50), between understanding of concepts in the health website and health literacy (R 2 =0.259, B=0.38) and patient centeredness in the health website and health literacy (R 2 =0.241, B=0.30). Conclusion: It is concluded that the empowerment of students’ health literacy through the University Health Department website can be realized when the health department website is used as a tool for learning and the website is much more active in social marketing in the field of health. Keywords: Models, Theoretical; Health literacy; Universities; Learning; Students 1. Introduction The advent of information technology has had profound effects on human life. Perhaps education and learning have been affected by that more than other areas. Now, everyone can get access to his/her needed information wherever and whenever they wish (1). The World Wide Web, as one of the most prominent communication and information technologies, represents the technological advancement of today's human being; their role in making social changes is undeniable (2). One reason for using the World Wide Web is to achieve information of health services. People promote their literacy in the field of health issues through the Internet (3). Health literacy represents the link