Evaluating Health Information On The Internet Research Paper

7/2/13

Evaluatng Health Information on the Internet - Human Nutrition_V7_SU13

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Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
(200 word minimum)
PUT YOUR NAME AND DATE AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAPER.
Submit all of your answers on one document. Submit your assignment to the dropbox. The dropbox uses turnitin.com for plagiarism detection. Your similarity score from turnitin should be 30% or less. If it is above 30% you will need to revise your work and resubmit it. A score of greater than 30% results in a grade of "0".
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Copy and paste this URL into your web browser. Complete the Evaluation
Health Information tutorial. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html Part 2: Answer the following questions. Do not repeat the questions, just # each answer.
Use detailed examples and answer in each question in a paragraph format.
1. Introduction: Explain why it is important to review the information on the "about us" page when you are considering using a website for nutrition or health related information.
2. Provider and Purpose: Briefly discuss 3 clues that identify a reliable web site and 3 clues that indicate the website might be a questionable source.
3. Information Quality: Briefly discuss 3 clues that identify quality information and 3 clues that indicate the information may be questionable.
4. Privacy: Discuss two privacy issues you should consider.
5. Checklist: 20