Download or read book Searching the Web for Health written by Gary Paul Bryant and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sick and tired of trying to muddle through the enormous volume of confusing health information on the web? Finding it impossible to distinguish factual remedies from contrived marketing ploys? Searching the Web for Health is the up-to-date resource you can rely on to show you how to get the most out of surfing the web for the health information you need. Whether you want to relieve a bad cough or find the most advanced research on cancer treatment, Searching the Web for Health will help you separate fact from fiction and give you the strategies, knowledge, and expert resources you need to navigate through the web with ease and confidence. Written by a technology professional and consumer health advocate, Searching the Web for Health weeds out the medical miracles from the medical marketing including: 400+hospital, university, and private company websites all actively involved in cutting-edge health care Search engines and directories to steer you towards finding your answers Health information on the web Search techniques With Searching the Web for Health, you can now actively and informatively contribute to the medical decisions that affect your life!
Download or read book Web Search Public Searching of the Web written by Amanda Spink and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-21 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together results from the Web search studies we conducted from 1997 through 2004. The aim of our studies has been twofold: to examine how the public at large searches the Web and to highlight trends in public Web searching. The eight-year period from 1997 to 2004 saw the beginnings and maturity of public Web searching. Commercial Web search engines have come and gone, or endured, through the fall of the dot.com companies. We saw the rise and, in some cases, the demise of several high profile, publicly available Web search engines. The study of the Web search is an exciting and important area of interdisciplinary research. Our book provides a valuable insight into the growth and development of human interaction with Web search engines. In this book, our focus is on the human aspect of the interaction between user and Web search engine. We do not investigate the Web search engines themselves or their constantly changing interfaces, algorithms and features. We focus on exploring the cognitive and user aspects of public Web searching in the aggregate. We use a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods within the overall methodology known as transaction log analysis.
Download or read book Web Health Information Resource Guide written by Eugene A. DeFelice and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a guide/means at your fingertips to quickly and easily search the Internet/Web and find the best of current health information. You can take charge, control and responsibility for your own health, wellness and healthcare and make informed decisions with your physician or healthcare provider. In this way you can improve your own health, help avoid serious medical/surgical errors, and live a healthier, happier, longer and more enjoyable life. Information is provided on:health overview on a number of relevant topics, essentials of the Web/Internet, a variety of Web health search tools, the author's list of 70 key selected useful search tools and Web sites, and over 300 helath and wellness resources and their correspodning Web sites. Useful suggestions for optimizing searching the Web for health, wellness, and healthcare information are made available. Time Magazine states that 100 million Americans now consult the Internet/Web for health information and 70% find the infomraiton useful. This book greatly facilitates your obtaining and using such Web health, wellness and healthcare information.
Download or read book Older Adults Health Information and the World Wide Web written by Roger W. Morrell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web is devoted to the exploration of how the World Wide Web might be used to deliver current, easily accessible health information to adults over the age of 60 and their caregivers. The book considers how age-related changes in vision, cognitive function, and motor skills affect the delivery and comprehension of health information. The volume is divided into four separate sections. Within these sections, individual chapters: *trace the increasing use of the Web by older adults and offer suggestions on how use can be increased; *discuss federal government initiatives on increasing use of the Web by older adults; *offer guidelines that might be applied to Web site design for older adults; and *describe actual projects in which older adults utilize the Web for various outcomes. Intended for health care providers, health service providers, and older adults and their caregivers, this book is also of interest to researchers in aging, cognition, and human factors.
Download or read book Social Information Retrieval Systems Emerging Technologies and Applications for Searching the Web Effectively written by Goh, Dion and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wealth of information accessible on the Internet has grown exponentially since its advent. This mass of content must be systemically sifted to glean pertinent data, and the utilization of the collective intelligence of other users, or social information retrieval, is an innovative, emerging technique. Social Information Retrieval Systems: Emerging Technologies & Applications for Searching the Web Effectively provides relevant content in the areas of information retrieval systems, services, and research; covering topics such as social tagging, collaborative querying, social network analysis, subjective relevance judgments, and collaborative filtering. Answering the increasing demand for authoritative resources on Internet technologies, this Premier Reference Source will make an indispensable addition to any library collection.
Download or read book Searching Smart on the World Wide Web written by Cheryl Gould and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disk contains: a file of Netscape Bookmarks and a folder of Internet Explorer favorites to accompany chap. 8.
Download or read book Finding What Works in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.
Download or read book Health Care Resources on the Internet written by M. Sandra Wood and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Internet medical research simpler and more productive! The rapid proliferation of Web sites makes finding medical information easy. Knowing when the information is accurate and reliable can be much more difficult. Health Care Resources on the Internet: A Guide for Librarians and Health Care Consumers discusses how to locate, evaluate, and use health care information available in online form. As expectations shift from finding information in books to locating it on the World Wide Web, Health Care Resources on the Internet provides you with the skills you need. Whether you?re a first-time Internet user unfamiliar with search engines or an old hand at Boolean logic, you will find helpful search tips and strategies. Moreover, this comprehensive book offers specific advice on assessing the reliability of the information you find. Health Care Resources on the Internet simplifies your hunt for information by recommending trustworthy Web sites. It covers topics including: consumer and professional megasites for health care information using Medline searching for information on specific diseases finding open clinical trials consumer health information alternative medicine Illustrated with tables and figures, Health Care Resources on the Internet is an essential guidebook for health-conscious consumers, information professionals, and medical professionals.
Download or read book Social Informatics written by Anwitaman Datta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2011, held in Singapore in October 2011. The 15 full papers, 8 short papers and 13 posters included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 full paper and 13 poster submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: network analysis; eGovernance and knowledge management; applications of network analysis; community dynamics; case studies; trust, privacy and security; peer-production.
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Download or read book Web Accessibility written by Yeliz Yesilada and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering key areas of evaluation and methodology, client-side applications, specialist and novel technologies, along with initial appraisals of disabilities, this important book provides comprehensive coverage of web accessibility. Written by leading experts in the field, it provides an overview of existing research and also looks at future developments, providing a much deeper insight than can be obtained through existing research libraries, aggregations, or search engines.
Download or read book Advances in Electronic Business Volume 2 written by Li, Eldon Y. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet has generated a large amount of information that is created and shared between individuals and organizations. Because of the amount of information flying through cyberspace, the time to locate and digest the information increases exponentially, but the question of what information can be shared and how to share it remains unsolved. Advances in Electronic Business, Volume 2 explores the semantic web and intelligent web services, two methods created to help solidify the meaning and relationship of data, and explains how they relate to business processes. Professionals, policy-makers, academics, researchers, and managers in IT, business, and commerce will find this book useful in understanding the semantic web and intelligent web services impact on e-commerce.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals written by Sydney Chellen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Health Care Resources on the Internet written by M. Wood and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-11-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Internet medical research simpler and more productive! The rapid proliferation of Web sites makes finding medical information easy. Knowing when the information is accurate and reliable can be much more difficult. Health Care Resources on the Internet: A Guide for Librarians and Health Care Consumers discusses how to locate, evaluate, and use health care information available in online form. As expectations shift from finding information in books to locating it on the World Wide Web, Health Care Resources on the Internet provides you with the skills you need. Whether you?re a first-time Internet user unfamiliar with search engines or an old hand at Boolean logic, you will find helpful search tips and strategies. Moreover, this comprehensive book offers specific advice on assessing the reliability of the information you find. Health Care Resources on the Internet simplifies your hunt for information by recommending trustworthy Web sites. It covers topics including: consumer and professional megasites for health care information using Medline searching for information on specific diseases finding open clinical trials consumer health information alternative medicine Illustrated with tables and figures, Health Care Resources on the Internet is an essential guidebook for health-conscious consumers, information professionals, and medical professionals.
Download or read book The Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web written by P. F. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for health information may be the most important type of search a librarian performs in a day. Instead of starting a health care search with a blank computer screen or simply accessing ordinary information available most anywhere on the Web, you can begin with help from the prestigious Medical Library Association. Each entry will show you how an experienced health sciences librarian would approach the question. You can begin a truly valuable search knowing: Special searching issues What to ask Where to start Supplementary search strategies Topic profile Recommended search terms and important sites Hotline phone numbers FAQs Publications on the Internet Professional Organizations Patient Support organizations and discussion groups Best "One-Stop-Shops Finally, there's one read-reference source, written by librarians to help their colleagues, that contains every important aspect of the question you or your patron want to answer. It's time-saving, it's authoritative, it sets a new standard for comprehensive medical information reference. Let a fellow librarian be your guide through the sometimes dizzying amount of information available. Find hundreds of specific entries grouped in three easy-to-use volumes.
Download or read book Methods in Medical Ethics written by Jeremy Sugarman MD, MPH, MA and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology. In this influential book, outstanding scholars in medical ethics bring these many methods together in one place to be systematically described, critiqued, and challenged. Newly revised and updated chapters in this second edition include philosophy, religion and theology, virtue and professionalism, casuistry and clinical ethics, law, history, qualitative research, ethnography, quantitative surveys, experimental methods, and economics and decision science. This second edition also includes new chapters on literature and sociology, as well as a second chapter on philosophy which expands the range of philosophical methods discussed to include gender ethics, communitarianism, and discourse ethics. In each of these chapters, contributors provide descriptions of the methods, critiques, and notes on resources and training. Methods in Medical Ethics is a valuable resource for scholars, teachers, editors, and students in any of the disciplines that have contributed to the field. As a textbook and reference for graduate students and scholars in medical ethics, it offers a rich understanding of the complexities involved in the rigorous investigation of moral questions in medical practice and research.
Download or read book The Power of the Media in Health Communication written by Valentina Marinescu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health is a contested concept that has been defined in numerous ways. The media is extremely powerful in promoting health beliefs and in creating role models for contemporary people. The ways in which health is defined or understood can have wide-ranging implications and can have an impact on issues such as health promotion or health literacy. Health presentation in the media has a significant social impact because this type of message is important in changing people's beliefs, attitudes and behaviours relating to health and in promoting health-related knowledge among the target audience. The present volume provides an interdisciplinary and multicultural contemporary approach to the controversial link between medicine and media. The authors that have contributed to this volume analyse the media and medicine from different perspectives and different countries (USA, UK, Portugal, Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico, Estonia, Romania), thus offering a re-positioning of the study of media and medicine. The new perspectives offered by this volume will be of interest to any health communication or media studies student or academic since they bring to light new ideas, new methodologies and new results.
