EVALUATING HEALTH-RELATED WEB SITES

Authors
PEALER LN DORMAN SM
Citation
Ln. Pealer et Sm. Dorman, EVALUATING HEALTH-RELATED WEB SITES, Journal of school health, 67(6), 1997, pp. 232-235
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing,"Education & Educational Research","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Journal of school health → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224391
Volume
67
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
232 - 235
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4391(1997)67:6<232:EHWS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A growing concern has emerged for the quality of health-related docume nts contained on tile World Wide Web. Increased use of the World Wide Web by consumers and health education professionals, as well as ease o f Web page publication, has heightened the need for criteria in Web pa ge construction and evaluation. This article reviews and discusses ele ments to consider in Web page construction and evaluation, and provide s a form to assist in assessment.