Aim: How do you find reliable Aim: How do you find reliable health information on the health information on the

internet?internet?

Where did the information come Where did the information come from?from?

Who wrote it?If not written by a health care prof., was it

reviewed by a dr. or medical expert?If info. contains stats, do the numbers come

from a reliable source?Does something on the website appear to be

someone's opinion?

How recent is the information?How recent is the information?

Health information and research constantly changes. Make sure the site is up to date.

Check the bottom of the web page to see the date.

If page hasn’t been reviewed in the last year, look for more up to date info.

Who is responsible?Who is responsible?

Click the “About us” or “About this site” link.

Websites published by organizations– .gov- US gov’t– .org- non for profit organization– .edu- college or university

Beware of .com’s, although some can be reliable.

Where to find Health info?Where to find Health info?

MEDLINEPlus-http://www.medlineplus.gov– Produced by the national library of medicine

Healthfinder-http://www.healthfinder.gov– Produced by the US dept. of Health and

Human Svcs.

MLA Top Health related sitesMLA Top Health related sites

Cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(http://www.cdc.gov/), familydoctor.org (http://familydoctor.org/) HIV InSite (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/) Kidshealth® (http://www.kidshealth.org/) MayoClinic (http://www.mayoclinic.com/) Medem (http://www.medem.com/) NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

(http://www.noah-health.org/)