The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #51376

Kristine M. Alpi, MLS, Weill Cornell Medical Library, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, 212-746-6086, kma2002@med.cornell.edu and Karyn L. Pomerantz, MLS, MPH, GW School of Public Health & Health Svcs., 2300 I St. NW #202, Washington, DC 20037.

The Pew Internet & American Life survey reported that in 2000 fifty-two million adult Americans, 55% of the Internet-user population, have turned to Internet sources to seek health information.

This panel addresses electronic health information for the public in three major areas: creating and selecting content, disseminating information and training to grass roots groups, and applying that information for personal and social change. It will offer models for building quality content on a web site, tailoring information to specific groups, integrating web based information into curricula, reaching out to Internet novices, and assessing the impact of Internet health sites. Presenters will range from experienced web site creators and managers to new experts in web based health information outreach programs.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to

• discuss quality criteria for the selection and creation of Internet health information content
• identify successful strategies to disseminate health information on the Internet to groups with less access to electronic information
• explain barriers to and supports for successful utilization of Internet health information by different groups of people.

Keywords: Internet, Health Communications

Related Web page: www.pewinternet.org/reports/reports.asp?Report=26&Section=ReportLevel2&Field=Level2ID&ID=123

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.