Evaluating Health Sites
Seperate the Trash from the Treasures!
- Who sponsored it? Who wrote it?
How credible are they?
Tip: pharmaceutical companies are not unbiased! - Accuracy
Is it factual or opinion-based?
Is the information verifiable? - Currency
Is the information recent? - Audience
Was it written for professionals or patients?
- Quack Watch
Search this website for medical hoaxes. Reliable consumer health information is included. - MLA's Guide to Evalauting Health Websites More information on evaluating health websites
- MedlinPlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
For Kansans
- GoLocalKansas Find local health services and resources IN KANSAS
Top 10 Consumer Health Web sites
- MedlinePlus
A consumer-oriented Website established by the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest biomedical library. It searches many excellent websites. - Cancer.gov Official website for The National Cancer Institute (NCI), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Diseases, conditions, and other special topics arranged under "Health Topics A-Z," and "Travelers' Health". There are also sections on health topics in the news and health hoaxes. Also in Spanish.
- familydoctor.org All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) physicans and patient education specialists.
- Healthfinder.gov Reliable consumer health information collected by the government such as: online journals, medical dictionaries, minority health, and prevention and self-care, etc.
- HIVinSite University of California San Francisco (UCSF) AIDS Research Institute designed as a gateway to in-depth information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS, it provides numerous links to many authoritative sources.
- Kidshealth.org Doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information.
- Mayo Clinic Editors of the site include more than 2,000 physicians, scientists, writers, and educators at the Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit institution with more than 100 years of history in patient care, medical research, and education. The Website has added interactive
- Medem American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists developed Medem to provide "a trusted online source for credible, comprehensive, and clinical healthcare information.
- NOAH - NY Access to Online Public Health State, local, and federal health resources for consumers. NOAH's mission is "to provide . . . accurate, timely, relevant, and unbiased" consumer information. Each page is available in Spanish and English.
Video Symptom Checker
- FreeMD® Your Virtual Doctor Symptom checker and virtual doctor. (For informational purposes only, not to replace medical advice.)
CRC Librarian |
Heather Smith-Collins, M.L.S.Contact Info:
Curriculum Resources Center
Carnegie 101, Washburn University
Topeka, KS 66621
(785) 670-1956
Send Email
Subjects:
education, health physical education & exercise science, nursing
Curriculum Resources Center
Carnegie 101, Washburn University
Topeka, KS 66621
(785) 670-1956
Send Email
Subjects:
education, health physical education & exercise science, nursing
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