Published criteria for evaluating health related web sites: review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review published criteria for specifically evaluating health related information on the world wide web, and to identify areas of consensus.

Design

Search of world wide web sites and peer reviewed medical journals for explicit criteria for evaluating health related information on the web, using Medline and Lexis-Nexis databases, and the following internet search engines: Yahoo!, Excite, Altavista, Webcrawler, HotBot, Infoseek, Magellan Internet Guide, and Lycos. Criteria were extracted and grouped into categories.

Results

29 published rating tools and journal articles were identified that had explicit criteria for assessing health related web sites. Of the 165 criteria extracted from these tools and articles, 132 (80%) were grouped under one of 12 specific

SUBMITTER: Kim P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC27772 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature