of all sources—including websites. There are five major areas in which websites are evaluated: 1) Authority‚ 2) Accuracy‚ 3) Objectivity‚ 4) Currency‚ and 5) Coverage (GCU‚ n.d.). This paper evaluates two websites which will be used in this writer’s research in upcoming months: 1) http://www.asperger-institute.com/‚ and 2) http://www.yourlittleprofessor.com/adhd.html. The Websites For the purposes of this assignment and future research‚ this writer chose two websites which posted information
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Evaluating a Website for Credibility Rebekah Reed Chamberlain College of Nursing NR500: Foundation Concepts and Applications Fall 2012 Evaluating a Website for Credibility With so many health-related websites on the internet it was hard to choose one. I settled on one that is personal to me and that I do a lot of teaching on with patients. I chose American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org. This website is found by searching any of the search engines. This website has both a consumers
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Do “they” want your personal information? 10. What will “they” do with it? 2. On the specific website there are a few places that you can find the questions above‚ such as the main page or the “About Us” page. Site maps also may be a good place to start when looking for these answers. 3. The “About Us” page tells us who runs the site and why it was created. Knowing who created the website is important because you want information from a reliable source and not those who are favoring a particular
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important for health educators and clinicians to be able to evaluate the websites being used by themselves and their patients for appropriateness of the website. Today‚ I am going to critique and evaluate the website CTSNet.org for credibility. CTSNET.org is operated by CTSNet‚ Inc. who is a non-profit organization which is jointly created by a four different participating thoracic surgeon organizations. This website is governed by a Board of Directors which consists of medical professionals
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Nursing NR 500 Foundational Concepts and Applications January 17‚ 2012 Evaluating a Website for Credibility In order to search for the reputable scholarly website one must remember two basic principles: not every website has scholarly related data and not all the data has empirical foundation. The first intention of going to www.google.com will leave one with 1000’s of non-specific results. "Google Scholar" website (http://scholar.google.com)‚ on the other hand will be more relative but not
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Essay 2: Evaluating a health promotion website Word count: 2‚027 Introduction Health Information Technology (HIT) has been introduced into the National Health Service (NHS) in order to improve the quality‚ efficiency‚ safety and cost effectiveness of the delivery of health care. The application of computerized information technology in health care settings has so far played a vital role in improving the accessibility of information and has replaced more labour intensive and unproductive methods
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Evaluating CMS.gov Website for Credibility Medicare and Medicaid information can be overwhelming and confusing to both the consumer and the healthcare professional. The information highway known as the World Wide Web (WWW) can provide the answers to questions about these government benefits‚ but getting clear‚ informative and accurate knowledge can be overwhelming. O’Sullivan (2011) identified the WWW as “a primary repository for health information for the medically naïve yet technically savvy
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Evaluating a Website for Credibility Charles B Wolfe Chamberlain College of Nursing Evaluating a Website for Credibility A search for men’s health related website conducted using the public search engine Google.com. Men’s Health Network (MHN)‚ http://www.menshealthnetwork.org‚ is a nonprofit organization reaching out to males and their families focusing on the growing health crisis that affect the premature mortality of men (Men’s Health Network‚ 2014). Approximately 50% of the population is male;
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PLANNING THE SITE: The planning phase of site building is the foundation for great website. It is the blueprint for designing form‚function‚navigation and interface. Planning means defining the site’s goal. The objective of a customized website is to 1.Speed up the interactive process 2.Reduce human intervention to a minimum 3. Save time 4. Make buying and selling through the site cost-effective The aim of the planning stage is to provide for quick application development and deployment
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Psychology in Everyday Life: Critically Evaluating the Validity of Website AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ( APA) is the website I have chosen to explore and below is the domain website address: http://www.apa.org/about/gr/index.aspx American Psychological Association is an organization representing psychology in the United States of America. Additionally‚ APA‚ according to its website‚ “is the world largest association of psychologist as well as the largest scientific and professional in the
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