Making Quality Health Websites a National Public Health Priority: Toward Quality Standards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most US adults have limited health literacy skills. They struggle to understand complex health information and services and to make informed health decisions. The Internet has quickly become one of the most popular places for people to search for information about their health, thereby making access to quality information on the Web a priority. However, there are no standardized criteria for evaluating Web-based health information. Every 10 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) develops a set of measurable objectives for improving the health of the nation over the coming decade, known as Healthy People. There are two objectives in Healthy People 2020 related to website quality. The first is object

SUBMITTER: Devine T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4987491 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature