Public Health Organizations on the Web
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This website is a product of a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Start With One Of These Guides on Evaluating Web Sites
Medline Plus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
Questions to ask about Web Sites with information about health and medicine. From the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
This Medical Library Association guide explains how to evaluation Internet sites that provide health information. Elements in the guidelines include sponsorship, currency, factual information, and audience.
More Information About Evaluating Consumer Health Information
Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
A 16 minute tutorial about how to evaluate Internet health information sites.
MedlinePlus: Evaluating Health Information
Links to a variety of Internet sites that advise consumers and health professionals about how to evaluate consumer health information on the Internet or in the news. From the National Library of Medicine and the National Instututes of Health.
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