Information literacy

This article discusses how to make health information readable. Lists easy-to-read resources. Offers information on how to write for people with low literacy skills. 

Explores why and where mothers of young children look for online health information and how they determine if the information they receive is trustworthy.

Demonstrates that people who gather information on the Internet are more health-oriented than non-users of Internet health information.

Looks at how and where people living with HIV/AIDS get health information.

Assists health practitioners to work with consumers to design written consumer health information. Provides guidelines and a bibligraphy.

Compares the results of two parallel studies in which a small group of health and finance experts and a large group of consumers evaluated the credibility of web sites. Concludes that health experts assign more importance to the reputation, information sources, and motives behind sites. Consumers tend to assess health sites more on the basis of overall visual design.

Suggests ways the public can critically evaluate news reports on health issues. Points to questions to consider while reading an article on a health study and where to look for further information.

Examines basic facts and considred opinions from health care professionals and students about the information needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered health care professionals and their interactions with medical librarians.

Presents demographic details of Canadians accessing the Internet for health information. Discusses the concerns surrounding the credibility of such information and describes a number of initiatives created to help consumers assess the quality of their search results.