GREAT Web-sites for Health & Physical Education
C. General Health Information
1. Mayo Clinic
URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Description: Includes an excellent
disease and condition information library from A-Z as well as drug information.
On the health promotion side it offers a personal health scorecard, health
decisions guide, and healthy lifestyle planner.
Relevance: Health 5
PE 4
Accuracy: 5
Appearance: 5
Currency: 5
Overall Rating: 5
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2. Family Doctor
URL: http://www.familydoctor.org
Description: Provides a large amount of health information
on just about any topic you can think of. There are links for specific
topics such as Drugs or Herbal Alternative Remedies, but you can also search
by "common condition," "special groups," (men, women, children, etc) or
"the body." There is also a section that has new/recently updated
material. This site provides patient handouts that can be printed
off for people to either simply have specific information on hand, or to
record their own personal information regarding conditions they have. Can
also be viewd in Spanish!
Relevance: Health 5
PE 4
Accuracy: 5
Appearance: 5
Currency: 5
Overall Rating: 5
Comments:
3. The Trusted Source IntelHealth
(Aetna
Company)
URL: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH
Description: This website is suitable for health
questions pertaining to people of all ages, infants-adults. This
website takes health information one step further by getting the user actively
involved with chat rooms, opportunities to shop for health products, and
an ask the expert link. This website can be useful to check symptoms
and find information on drugs that may have been prescribed. There
is also a section of the website that addresses healthy lifestyles, which
is different than the other general health websites. A user should
spend time at this site to take in all it offers.
Relevance: Health 4
PE 4
Accuracy: 5
Appearance: 5
Currency: 5
Overall Rating: 4
Comments:
4. Web MD
URL: http://my.webmd.com
Description: This website is a good source of information on a variety
of different health topics. It deals with simple infections such
as the common cold, to specific diseases and the newest developments in
scientific research. It is useful to health educators and community
health workers who are looking for up-to-date medical research. This
website is busy in its appearance, so you have to spend time at the site
in order to take it all in. Good source of information on any health
related topics.
Relevance: Health 5
PE 4
Accuracy: 5
Appearance: 4
Currency: 5
Overall Rating: 4
Comments: