Thank you for this view.
The problem is: All these rating instruments are not validated. Besides, the
HON code is *not* a rating instrument (I personally doubt that putting a HON
logo on the site by the webmaster helps the consumer to discriminate between
quality and non-quality sites...).
The aim of our project is to test empirically the validity of a rating
instrument, but for this I need a test sample of websites providing health
education first hand (*NOT* a list of websites rating Internet information
with non-validated instruments, see the Jadad et al paper in JAMA) and I
need an expert panel compiling this "gold standard" against which our rating
instrument (and other rating instruments) can be validated.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lazar, Allan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:38 PM
> To: 'Eysenbach, Gunther'; <[log in to unmask]> at
> ccinter; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: compiling a consensus list of excellent (and poor?)
> websites for health education/promotion
>
>
> Rather than give you exactly what you requested (since my
> opinion isn't
> probably as good as the consensus views of others), I would
> suggest a few
> websites that rate other health websites, e.g.:
>
> www.hon.ch <http://www.hon.ch>
>
> www.sixsenses.com <http://www.sixsenses.com>
>
> www.medmatrix.com <http://www.medmatrix.com>
>
> www.w3.nai/~w/a/health.htm <http://www.w3.nai/~w/a/health.htm>
>
> www.mdchoice.com <http://www.mdchoice.com>
>
> www.healthlibrary.mcgill.ca <http://www.healthlibrary.mcgill.ca>
>
> You can also find others linked from the electronic version
> of the 3/6/99
> BMJ article by Kim, et al.
>
> Happy hunting.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eysenbach, Gunther
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 6:50 AM
> To: <[log in to unmask]> at ccinter;
> [log in to unmask]
> Subject: compiling a consensus list of
> excellent (and
> poor?) websites for health education/promotion
>
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a link-list of websites for consumers,
> which are rated by
> an expert (or board of experts) as being especially
> excellent (or especially
> poor, or "adequate") for consumer health education. Any
> ideas....?
>
> In addition, could everybody send me
> (mailto:[log in to unmask]) some
> URLs of
> consumer health education websites that he/she
> would rate
> falling into one
> of the following categories:
>
> - Excellent: This web site is an excellent source of
> accurate health
> information for consumers. The target group
> will be able to
> easily access
> and understand the information contained in
> this site. The
> web site can be
> recommended without hesitation.
> - Adequate: While this web site provides relevant
> information and can be
> navigated without much trouble, it might not be the best
> site available. If
> another source cannot be located, this site will provide
> good information to
> your clientele. Care should be taken to discuss
> with your
> clientele what
> information was found on this web site and what
> information
> is still needed.
> - Poor: This site should not be recommended to your
> clientele. Validity and
> reliability of the information can not be confirmed. All
> information on the
> site might not be accessible. Look for another
> web site to
> prevent false or
> partial information from being read.
>
> If everybody could send me 1-5 or so websites
> per category,
> I could try to
> compile a consensus list.
>
> Please also briefly indicate your name, addresss,
> professional affiliation
> and experience. Webmasters and anybody else
> with conflict of
> interest please
> refrain from recommending your own websites.
>
> In a project I would like to compile a kind of
> "consensus"
> list of some
> exemplary excellent/adequate/poor health
> education websites,
> against which
> rating instruments could be validated.
> Contributors to this
> project will be
> acknowledged.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> | Gunther Eysenbach MD |
> | University Heidelberg |
> | Dept. of Clinical Social Medicine |
> | Working Group on Cybermedicine / DermIS |
> | Ph. ++49-(0)6221-56 88 97, ++49-(0)172-82 49 0 86 |
> | Fax ++49-(0)6221-56 55 84 |
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