Health Topics
Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official government
organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A
lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to
the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official,
secure websites.
Evaluating Internet Health Information Tutorial
Both of the example sites have advertisements.
When you see advertisements on a site, check if it is easy to tell the ads from the health information.
On the Physicians Academy page, the ad is clearly labeled as an advertisement. You can easily tell it apart from the content on the page. That's a good thing. They are making sure you don't confuse ads with their health information.
On the Institute for a Healthier Heart site, the advertisement is not labeled as an ad. It is hard to tell the difference between the ad and the content. This may be done to encourage you to buy something
Next, let's look at evaluating information quality.