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Page 1: Evaluating Health Information on the Internet · authority, bias, currency, coverage, and user-friendliness of health information found on the Internet –Protect yourself from misinformation

Evaluating and Finding Health Information on the Internet

Terri OttosenCommunity Engagement and Health Literacy LibrarianHealth Sciences Library, UNC-CH

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Objectives:

•At the end of this class, you will be able to:

– Evaluate and determine the quality of health information found on the Internet using a set of criteria: accuracy, authority, bias, currency, coverage, and user-friendliness of health information found on the Internet

– Protect yourself from misinformation

– Identify a select group of reliable and authoritative “go to” health information sites

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Types of Websites

•What is the purpose of the page?

–Advocacy (American Diabetes Association)

– Business/marketing (Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Company)

– Informational (National Center for Health Statistics)

–News (CNN)

– Entertainment (Official Black Panther Fan Club)

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Domains and the URL

• .com, .edu, .org, .gov, .net

• The tilde ~

• Contact information

• About Us

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Evaluation Criteria

• Accuracy

• Authority

• Bias

• Currency

• Coverage

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Additional Resources

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Protect Yourself from Health Fraud

• Guard your numbers

• Don’t carry your health insurance card all the time

• Decline offers that ask for your insurance information

• Ignore those saying they are “government” officials

• Carefully examine bills and statements

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Tips

• Watch for official communications

• Be skeptical

• Trust your instincts

• Report suspected fraud or scams

– NC: http://www.ncdoi.com/

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Recognizing Red Flags of Health Scams

• One product does it all

• Personal testimonies

• Quick fixes

• “Natural”

• Paranoid accusations

• Meaningless medical jargon

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4/10/2019

(https://medlineplus.gov)

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MedlinePlus Tools

• Topic pages:

– Evaluating health information

–Health fraud

–Understanding medical research

• Tutorials:

–Understanding medical words

– Evaluating internet health information

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(http://nchealthinfo.org)

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(http://nclive.org)

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(https://familydoctor.org)

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(https://healthfinder.gov)

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(https://merckmanuals.com/home)

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(https://labtestsonline.org)

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(https://nccih.nih.gov)

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(https://cancer.gov)

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(https://nia.nih.gov)

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(https://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/)

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(https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/)

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(https://www.dsld.nlm.nih.gov/dsld/)

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(https://nimh.nih.gov)

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(https://mentalhealth.gov)

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(https://www.samhsa.gov)

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(https://www.dailystrength.org)

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(https://www.patientslikeme.com)

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Questions?

Use the “Ask Us” button on NCHealthInfo.org site

or contact me:

Terri [email protected]