Evaluating Personal Health Care and Health Promotion Web Sites

Summary

Objective: An exemplary sample of web sites relevant to personal health care and health promotion was chosen and evaluated.

Methods: Both quantitative and qualitative data were converged to assess and rank the sites on nine attributes.

Results: The sites provided a definitive range of value and variety of presentations, health care and health promotion information, and services covering the virtual choices currently available to users of the Internet.

Conclusion: Discussion focused on methodological approaches and issues of web site evaluation serving the public interest, health care, and health promotion.

Keywords

Health care - health promotion - methods - web site evaluation

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