1. THIS WEEK IN HEALTH… Wednesday – Test on Chapter One
Yesterday – Analyzing Health News, computer web search
Tuesday – Finish the 5 sides of health posters
Review for Wednesday’s test
Wednesday – Test on Chapter One
Thursday – Inside your TEENAGE BRAIN
Friday – Website search HW is due; Health news reports

2. Today in health
Take out your in-class folders and notebooks. Answers today’s questions
Essential/Guided Questions:
Do you believe everything you read is true?
What do you need to do to evaluate information that you find about your ‘health’?
Today we’ll look at how to analyze health information. We will be doing a web search.
HW: Health news review using C.A.R.P worksheet

3. When getting information about health….
How do we know for sure it is true? How do we know who or what to believe? How do you know what is important and up-to-date?

4. Health Literacy
-- the ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve your health.

5. A-Authority : WHO is the author? What credentials do they have?
To determine if information is credible and reliable, check the C.A.R.P. Is it “fishy?”
C –Currency : WHEN did the news happen? What is the date of the information? Is it current?
A-Authority : WHO is the author? What credentials do they have?
R – Reliability: WHAT kind of information is it: fact, opinion, or propaganda? Are they all from the same place? Did they relay the facts accurately?
P-Purpose: What was the purpose of the study? To educate, entertain, news, to sell a product or a point of view? For profit? Is it “FISHY”?

6. In a few minutes, you will be looking at ‘health news’ on a website to check for “C.A.R.P” …
Quality Health Sites:
New York Times health
WebMD
NPR health
Kidshealth.org

7. Health ‘News’ using C.A.R. P …
Find in your health story…. Is it “fishy”?
WHO?
WHAT?
WHERE?
WHY?
WHEN?
HOW?
Summarize: Key Points, What you learned,
Interesting Facts and info., Statistics, Definitions, Examples, etc. Be thorough!

8. Tips for success… Pretend we know nothing…teach us everything!
Be organized and present it in a logical order.
Speak slowly and clearly. Speak up!
Make eye contact with us. Use note cards. Don’t read word-for-word off your summary.
Don’t use a word you don’t know it’s meaning. Define it yourself, then for us!

10. Figuring out Health News”….
Break into groups according to your color.
Read the corresponding section in the article.
As a group, discuss the most important information and facts from each reading.
Write it out on your paper. Hang it up. Present your findings to the class.

11. There are health stories that are not accurate and
balanced.
To catch viewers attention, news reporters sometime
make dramatic claims and focus on personal stories
instead of scientific studies.
Sample size, person’s age and gender are the most
important part of medical studies.
The more people involved in a study the more accurate
it will be.

12. true or false??? “Exercise is good for your heart.”
“Too much fat in your diet can put you at risk for myocardial infarction”
“Smoking marijuana can lower IQ and can cause lung cancer.”
They are all true, but sometimes it is hard to tell what is actually fact or fiction.

13. For new drugs or treatments, randomized,
controlled clinical trials are the best way for
deciding whether a treatment really works.
Don’t assume personal health stories are always
accurate. Scientific studies are usually the best.
See if a study follows-up on the patients to see their
reaction to the product (short-term and long-term).
Reporters get their stories from medical and scientific
journals, such as New England Journal of Medicine.

14. Placebo – “fake” drug (sugar pill)
Some people in the study get this instead of the real medicine. This is to see if the real drug actually works and it’s effects.
When doing your own research over the internet, look for sites that end in (.gov). These are government websites like (NIH) (CDC) and (FDA).
Some websites that end in (.com) can have biased information or advertisements.

15. “Getting Help…”
Talk with someone with more knowledge like a doctor who can help you understand the health news.
Don’t diagnose yourself.
Research before you assume.
Look out for exaggerations in articles.
The more you know the better off you are.

16. Getting help… Reading or watching medical news is not a
Substitute for seeing a doctor.
If your risk doubles from 1 in 1,000 to 2 in 1,000, it’s still pretty small so you should not worry.
The health quizzes in magazines aren’t meant for you to diagnose yourself or change your medicine.