1. Aim: How do you find reliable health information on the internet?

2. Where did the information come from? Who wrote it? If not written by a health care prof., was it reviewed by a dr. or medical expert? If info. contains stats, do the numbers come from a reliable source? Does something on the website appear to be someone's opinion?

3. How recent is the information? Health information and research constantly changes. Make sure the site is up to date. Check the bottom of the web page to see the date. If page hasn’t been reviewed in the last year, look for more up to date info.

4. Who is responsible? Click the “About us” or “About this site” link. Websites published by organizations –.gov- US gov’t –.org- non for profit organization –.edu- college or university Beware of.com’s, although some can be reliable.

5. Where to find Health info? MEDLINEPlus- http://www.medlineplus.gov – Produced by the national library of medicine Healthfinder- http://www.healthfinder.gov – Produced by the US dept. of Health and Human Svcs.

6. MLA Top Health related sites Cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/) Cancer.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention familydoctor.org (http://familydoctor.org/) familydoctor.org HIV InSite (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/) HIV InSitehttp://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/ Kidshealth® (http://www.kidshealth.org/) Kidshealth MayoClinic (http://www.mayoclinic.com/) MayoClinic Medem (http://www.medem.com/) Medem NOAH: New York Online Access to Health (http://www.noah-health.org/) NOAH: New York Online Access to Health