Ray
May I draw your attention to a very similar, but perhaps more
structured, study that was done by the Consumer Association (Health
Which! ) about a 18 months ago?
Please contact Philip Taylor <[log in to unmask]> for details.
You might find that study a good wheel approximation :-)
Ahmad Risk
http://cybermedic.org
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> Behalf Of
> Ray Jones
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 2:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: global(?) health resources
>
>
> Dear Consumer-health-informatics listmember,
>
> Would you be prepared to help with this?
>
> Theo Raynor from England recently asked about the top ten
> accessed sites on
> the web. In response Omar Bouhaddou and Bob Pyke from USA brought our
> attention to a list on the (American) Medical Library
> Association list of
> ten useful health websites.
> This is at
> http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/meddiag.html#topten
> The MLA says that 'they' find these sites useful and do not actually
> recommend for health consumers.
> Nevertheless the question arises how 'global' are these ten
> sites? When
> constructed they will have had an American or even more
> specific (New York
> eg?) audience in mind. So how applicable are they to my
> Glasgow Granny, my
> Adelaide Aunty, or even my (English speaking) cousin in Cordoba?
>
> Would you have time to (if you have some students set it as
> an exercise!):
>
> 1. Think of a health topic of interest to your granny
> (father/brother/yourself)
> 2. Go to the address above and then on to (say) two (randomly
> chosen) of
> the sites listed to see what the site can tell you
> 3. Let me ([log in to unmask]) know on a scale of (1=not at all
> relevant for my 'person') to (5=absolutely relevant) what you
> find, and
> give me any comments that you have about the sites.
>
> I PROMISE TO COMPILE ALL RESPONSES RECEIVED IN THE NEXT 10
> DAYS AND SEND A
> SUMMARY BACK TO THE LIST.
>
> The issue is important because:
> a) if there are plenty of good American sites suitable for use in (eg)
> Scotland why do we need to waste time re-inventing them, or
> b) if there are good sites which don't work because of some 'embedded'
> cultural/social/treatment differences between countries,
> perhaps it would
> be worth the effort to find ways of identifying those differences, to
> enable www sites tailored by location? Or is the sheer
> variety of sites a
> 'good thing'?
>
> Thanks ray.
> Dr Ray Jones
> Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics
> Department of Public Health
> 1 Lilybank Gardens
> Glasgow G12 8RZ
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Fax: 0141-330-5018
>
> Secretary
> Rebecca Flanagan: [log in to unmask]
> Tel: 0141-330-6110
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