From kal0303@hub.doh.wa.gov Mon Apr 27 08:59:23 1998 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id IAA85078 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:59:23 -0700 Received: from smtp.hub.doh.wa.gov ([192.230.1.5]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with SMTP id IAA02302 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:59:10 -0700 Received: from Connect2 Message Router by smtp.hub.doh.wa.gov via Connect2-SMTP 4.00; Mon, 27 Apr 98 09:00:57 -0700 Message-ID: <8E764535014C3700@smtp.hub.doh.wa.gov> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 98 8:59:30 -0700 From: "Lukens-Bull, Katryne A." Sender: "Lukens-Bull, Katryne A." To: ph-assess@u.washington.edu Subject: Fwd: [C-HEALTH-L] [Fwd: list of useful www sites] (fwd) X-mailer: Connect2-SMTP 4.00 MHS to SMTP Gateway Thought you might like this for those not on the Hlth Education listserve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katryne Lukens Bull, MPH, CHES Phone: (360) 664-9381 Washington State Department of Health Fax: (360) 586-7424 Office of Planning Pager: (360) 971-0586 1112 SE Quince St. E-mail: kal0303@hub.doh.wa.gov PO Box 47890 Olympia, Wa 98504-7890 ********************* Forwarding Message ********************* Friends: Even tho' this is a long list of resources, I thought you might find it interesting to keep handy for searching the Web for consumer health information. Regards, Laura larsson@u.washington.edu listowner: PHNUTR-L, PHNURSES, PNWHEALTH, HSR-L + http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hserv/hshome.html http://weber.u.washington.edu/~phnutr/nutrhome.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:11:01 -0400 From: Bob Pyke Jr To: COMMUNITY-HEALTH-L@MAIL.MSH.ORG Subject: [C-HEALTH-L] [Fwd: list of useful www sites] This comes from the Consumer Health Informatics list run by Ray Jones at the University of Glasgow, and the Europian site are rather interesting. Bob Ray Jones wrote: > > This came from the King's Fund. > > CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET > > GUIDE TO SOURCES > > SEARCH ENGINES > > Alta Vista http://www.altavista.digital.com/ > Infoseek http://www.infoseek.com/ > Lycos http://www-uk.lycos.com/ > Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/ > Yahoo Health http://www.yahoo.com/Health/ > > METASEARCHERS > > Do not carry out searches themselves, but call on other search engines to do > it for them > > Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com/ > Limits hits for 5 engines, showing only the best results > > Metafind http://www.metafind.com/ > Limits hits for 6 engine, showing only the best results > > Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/ > Uses 15 engines, with the option of extending to include usenet, ftp sites, > news groups etc. > > Northern Light http://www.nlsearch.com/ or > http://www.nlsearch.com/docs/A_E.htm > In addition to web sites, searches a special collection database of > approximately one million articles not available on the web (A charge is > levied for downloading, though an abstract is provided to assess usefulness) > Organises results by URL, topic, type e.g. press release and language > > GATEWAYS & INDEXES > > Britannica Internet Guide http://www.ebig.com/ > Includes section dedicated to health with star ratings > > Centre for Health Information Quality http://www.centreforhiq.demon.co.uk/ > National centre funded by NHS Executive and based at The Help for Health > Trust. Aims to support the production of high quality, evidence based > information for patients > > Global Health Network http://www.pitt.edu/HOME/GHNet/GHNet.html > Health promotion and public health issues world wide, including > environmental health and travel > > Health on the Net http://www.hon.ch/Global/about_HON.html > International foundation with code of conduct for quality health sites > > Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/ > Launched by the US Vice President Al Gore in April 1997, this US government > gateway aims to provide a quality guide to more than 500 consumer health > information web sites, including federal state, and voluntary agencies, > databases, on-line publications and support groups > > Help for Health http://www.hfht.demon.co.uk/ > Provides links to a number of consumer health information and evidence based > sites as well as information about Help for Health > > Internet Health Resources http://www.ihr.com/ > Links to health and fitness information and newsgroups > > Medfinder http://netmedicine.com/medfinder.htm > Subject based access to medical sites using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) > > Medical Matrix http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp > Ranked, peer reviewed, annotated and regularly updated listing of clinical > medicine resources > > Medweb Consumer Health > http://www.gen.emory.edu/MEDWEB/keyword/consumer_health.html > Supported by Emory University, this well established site provides links to > over 8000 US university and consumer sources > > Net Reach http://www.nmh.org/netreach/patient.html > Links to a range of patient education resources which utilise the multimedia > capabilities of the web > > OMNI http://omni.ac.uk/ > Organising Medical Networked Information - gateway to quality Internet > resources in medicine and health care, includingconsumer health information > and UK voluntary agencies > > PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ > Free Web based searching of National Library of Medicine databases including > MEDLINE > > SELF HELP AND SELF CARE (some examples) > > American Academy of Family Physicians Patient Education > http://research.med.umkc.edu/aafp/ > Details of more than 450 patient information handouts originally published > in American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation > > CancerHelp UK http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/cancerhelp/indexg.html > Full text of cancer information leaflets from BACUP, reading lists, > children's section, open forum discussion site > > Health A to Z http://www.healthatoz.com/ > Directory of medical and health related sites in 27 categories, containing > pointers to over 15000 addresses - accompanied by a reference to their > target audience e.g. consumer or professional. Many sites are rated > > Healthwise (Columbia University) http://www.cc.columbia.edu:80/cu/healthwise/ > Health Education and Wellness Programme at Columbia University - answers to > 600 frequently asked health questions > > HEBS http://www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/ > Databases and full text publications on health promotion and self help from > Health Education Board for Scotland > > Imperial Cancer Research Fund http://www.icnet.uk/ > General and specific information about cancer, including causes, prevention > and treatment > > Oncolink http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ > University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center web site which aims to provide a > "one stop shop for people associated with cancer" for professionals, > patients and carers > > Patient Support Trust http://www.patientsupport.org.uk/ > Information and advice provided by charities, health care organisations and > suppliers e.g. Bayer, Glaxo and the World Cancer Research Fund > > Samaritans http://www.samaritans.org.uk/ > Launched in 1996, this web site for contacting the Samaritans is popular > with young men > > The Site, Youthnet http://www.thesite.org.uk/ > Youth information site with links to many others on health, careers, leisure > etc. > > HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATION > > Department of Health http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/dhhome.htm > Information about current health issues, full text of Department > publications and press releases, hospital league tables, Health of the > Nation targets, helplines etc. > > NHS 50 http://www.nhs50.nhs.uk/ > Site marking the 50th anniversity of the National Health Service > > NHS Confederation (Formerly NAHAT) http://www.nhsconfed.net/jumpoff.htm > Directory of health authorities, NHS trusts, CHC's etc. Hot topics and links > to other sites > > OXAMWEB http://strauss.ihs.ox.ac.uk/oxamweb.html > Internet library of evidence based mental health service and care > information funded by Anglia and Oxford Region R&D Programme > > World Health Organization http://www.who.ch/ > Information about WHO agencies and world wide public health initiatives > > EVIDENCE BASED HEALTH CARE > > Agency for Health Care Policy and Research http://www.ahcpr.gov/ > US clinical guidelines often with accompanying patient versions > > ARIF (Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility) > http://www.hsrc.org.uk/links/arif/arifhome.htm > Specialist unit within Birmingham University to help health care workers > access and interpret research evidence in response to particular problems > > Bandolier http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/ > Full text of chatty and accessible, but rigorous, reviews of evidence > > Cochrane Collaboration http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/ > International organisation which aims to help people make informed decisions > about health care by providing, monitoring and promoting systematic reviews > of health care interventions > > National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment > http://www.soton.ac.uk/~wi/hta/ > Information about the main national centres reviewing evidence on health > care as part of the NHS R&D Programme > > NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ > Aims to identify and review the results of health research and disseminate > the findings to key decision makers in the NHS and to consumers of health > care services > > South and West Health Care Libraries http://www.soton.ac.uk/~swhclu/ > Good starting point with links to many good quality health and medical > sites, largely for professionals > > TELECONFERENCING > > HEA International Seminar - "Multimedia: interacting for health" > http://www.interact.hea.liv.ac.uk/ > Virtual version of the February 1997 conference. There are 2 main areas. > 1: Summaries of research reports which informed the event (including > references). 2: Virtual Conference inviting comments and discussions on > issues relating to multimedia and health > > DISCUSSION GROUPS > > consumer-health-informatics > http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/consumer-health-informatics/ > A list is for those who are developing or evaluating new computer-based > methods for the direct use of patients and the public including patient > education, information about services and other sources of help, and > computer-patient interviewing > > BACKGROUND > > Consumer health & medical information on the Internet: supply & demand > http://etrg.findsvp.com/health/mktginfo.html > > Criteria for assessing the quality of health information on the Internet > http://www.mitretek.org/hiti/showcase/ > > Smith, A.G. Testing the surf: criteria for evaluating Internet information > resources, > Public Access Computer Systems Review 1997: 8 (3) or via Internet on: > http://info.lib.uh.edu/pacsrev.html > > Wallace, S. The future's bright: the future's digital: information > technology and health information towards the millennium and beyond Kings > Fund, 1996 > > The impact of multimedia in health promotion 1: the individual, Health > Education Authority, 1997 > > The impact of multimedia in health promotion 2: the community and family, > Health Education Authority, 1997 > > The Net result: social inclusion in the information society IBM/ Community > Development Foundation, 1997 > > Stevens, C.A, Morris, A and Sargent, G. 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