Evaluating Health Websites
Content on the Internet is unregulated; anyone can publish anything on the Internet. There is sound medical information on the Internet along with dangerous information. You need to be able to tell the difference.
Ask yourself the following:
Criteria for evaluating information from the web:
Authority, accuracy, bias/objectivity, currency/timeliness, and coverage
From the National Institutes of Health
Accuracy
How to determine accuracy:
Authority
How to determine authority:
Bias/Objectivity
How to determine bias/objectivity:
Currency/Timeliness
How to determine currency/timeliness:
Coverage
How to determine coverage:
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