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Harland, J. and Bath, P.A. (2007) Assessing the quality of websites providing information on multiple sclerosis: evaluating tools and comparing sites. Health Informatics Journal, 13 (3). 207 - 221.
Abstract
The quality of health information available on the Internet has proved difficult to assess objectively. The Internet's growing popularity as a source of health information, accompanied by the lack of regulation of websites, has resulted in research that has developed and tested tools to evaluate health website quality. However, only a few studies have tested the validity and reliability of these tools. There is a lack of consensus about appropriate indicators with which to operationalize the concept of quality health information. This study aimed to contribute to this research by testing the validity and reliability of existing tools, through their application to websites that provided information about multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, a specific tool for evaluating multiple sclerosis information was developed, contributing to the debate about suitable criteria for measuring the ;quality' of health information on the web.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2007 SAGE. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Health Informatics Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Evaluation Studies as Topic; Humans; Internet; Medical Informatics; Multiple Sclerosis; Reproducibility of Results; United States. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Information Studies |
Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2014 08:27 |
Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2014 08:27 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1460458207079837 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1460458207079837 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78625 |
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