Health Website Evaluation: A PPT on Healthywomen.org - [Course Name]

This presentation provides an evaluation of the website Healthywomen.org, focusing on its health information and addressing the needs of women. The evaluation covers several key criteria including credibility, content, disclosure, links, design, interactivity, and caveats. The analysis reveals that the website lacks an authentic author and doesn't provide sufficient science-based justification for its content. There are concerns about objectivity due to excessive advertising and pictorials. The site offers limited external links, primarily directing to internal pages, and lacks interactive features for reader feedback. While the visuals are appealing, the overall assessment suggests the website may not be a reliable source of health information. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the need for a more rigorous approach to health information websites, given the stakes involved in people's health.

HEALTH INFORMATION WEBSITE
EVALUATION
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INTRODUCTION
The website http://www.healthywomen.org/ has information on health issues that
address the needs of women . We evaluate the information on the website.
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CREDIBILITY
 Lacks an authentic author.
 The org domain used can be accessed publicly. Credibility is achieved by use of
educational domain Edu.( Jensen, et al pg. 90 2018)
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CONTENT
 The website in its information lack evidential science based justification
 The website lacks any acknowledgement of professionalism .
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DISCLOSURE
 They only warn against reproducing the content without authenticated permission
 The objectivity of the site is compromised with so much advertisement and pictorials .
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LINKS AND DESIGN
 There are very few links provided . The few ones provided only lead to other ports of the
same website.
 The site is easily and readily available . It doesn’t have passwords or emails to sign in from
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INTERACTIVITY
 The site does not in any way endorse any forms of feedback from readers.
 It only has a link that allow one reader to share information.
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CAVEATS
 The pictures used are so clear and attractive
 A picture is worth a thousand words they seem to communicate more than the explanation.
(Crinke, et al pg. 46 2018)
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
 The website evaluated is a scam
 A health needs better approach , since its peoples life at stake .
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REFERENCES
 Limbu, Y. B., & Jensen, R. W. (2018). The determinants and consequences of website
credibility in e-retailing: examining the roles of ethical issues. International Journal of
Electronic Marketing and Retailing, 9(1), 89-108.
 Ragkhitwetsagul, C., Krinke, J., & Marnette, B. (2018, March). A picture is worth a
thousand words: Code clone detection based on image similarity. In Software Clones
(IWSC), 2018 IEEE 12th International Workshop on (pp. 44-50). IEEE
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