FINDING CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

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FINDING CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE
INTERNET
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OUTLINE

• Locating Internet Search Engines
• Using Search Logic and Google
• Evaluating Websites
• Consumer Health Mega Websites
• NIH/National Library of Medicine Resources
• Finding Full Text Books and Journals

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LOCATING INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES

• www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html
• www.searchenginecolossus.com

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USING SEARCH LOGIC GOOGLE

• Phrase Searching
• Boolean Searching - and, or, not
• Nesting ()
• Truncation

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EVALUATING WEBSITES

• The criteria for evaluating websites outlined
  here is based on guidelines established in The
  Internet A Guide To Working Smarter, A FLAHEC
  Network publication available at www.flahec.org
• Criteria includes
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage

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CONSUMER HEALTH PORTALS AND WEBSITES

• Cancer.gov (http//www.cancer.gov )
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  http//www.cdc.gov
• familydoctor.org American Academy of Family
  Physicians http//familydoctor.org

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CONSUMER HEALTH PORTALS AND WEBSITES

• Healthfinder http//www.healthfinder.gov
• Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the
  U.S. DHHS  Since 1997,
• HIV InSite Center for HIV Information
  http//hivinsite.ucsf.edu
• Kidshealth http//www.kidshealth.org Nemours
  Foundation

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CONSUMER HEALTH PORTALS AND WEBSITES

• FirstGov for Consumers Health
  http//www.consumer.gov/health.htm
• Health Information for the Consumer
• University of Pittsburgh http//www.hsls.pitt.edu
  /guides/chi/
• InteliHealth by Aetna http//www.intelihealth.com/
  IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html
• NIH Health Information http//health.nih.gov

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CONSUMER HEALTH PORTALS AND WEBSITES

• Mayo Clinic
• www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm
• MEDEM an information partnership of medical
  societies (AMA) http//medem.com/MedLB/medlib_ent
  ry.cfm
• NOAH New York Online Access to Health
  www.noah-health.org

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CONSUMER HEALTH WEBSITES

• Public Health Partners
• www.phpartners.org
• HealthWeb
• www.healthweb.org
• MedWeb
• http//www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/

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Public Health Partnerswww.phpartners.o
rg
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Typical Listing of Sites in MedWeb
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CONSUMER HEALTH WEBSITES

•   MedlinePlus (English Spanish)
• www.medlineplus.gov
• Clinical Trials
• www.clinicaltrials.gov
• NIH Senior health
• http//nihseniorhealth.gov
• Toxtown
• Hazardous Household Products

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Information is also in Spanish
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Consumer oriented searches
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CDI - newly approved prescription drugs since
1998 (FDA site)
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MedMaster American Society of Health System
Pharmacists
Micormedex
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http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
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NIH Senior Health
There are also low vision resources in
MedlinePlus
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Multicultural resources in MedlinePlus

• 24 Languages Project
• http//medlib.med.utah.edu/library/refdesk/24l
  ang.html

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http//medlib.med.utah.edu/library/refdesk/24lang.
html
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FINDING FULL TEXT BOOKS AND JOURNALS

• www.freemedicaljournals.com
• www.freebooks4doctors.com
• LOANSOME DOC in PubMED
• when items are not free on the web

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Health Hotlines
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Toxtown

• An interactive guide to commonly encountered
  toxic substances.
• City and Town views
• Requires Flash player

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TOX TOWN
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THANK YOU !

• Linda Butson
• Health Sciences Center Libraries
• University of Florida AHEC
• Linda_at_library.health.ufl.edu
• 352-392-4016
• Sharon Schmidt
• Central Florida AHEC
• Nova Southeastern AHEC Program
• Sharons_at_nsu.nova.edu
• 407-889-2292