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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
David R. Baker, Office of Disease Prevention Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 738G, Washington, DC 20201, 202-401-0731, dbaker@osophs.dhhs.gov and Cynthia Baur, PhD, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 738-G, Washington, DC 20201.
healthfinder.gov is the official Federal cross-agency portal web site for consumer health information. In operation since April 1997, the site has been an ongoing experiment in building, evaluating, and designing a gateway information web site with user participation.
We will discuss the strategies used in developing healthfinder.gov from initial conception to the current audience-focused version of the site. We will discuss how to ensure the quality and integrity of resources with a rigorous yet evolving selection policy and a consensus-based interagency approach. Several different methodologies have been used to evaluate the site over time, and the most useful aspects of each will be highlighted.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to
Keywords: Internet, Health Communications
Related Web page: healthfinder.gov
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: healthfinder.gov
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Employment