Wellness on the World Wide Web

items to explore.<br><br> Click on each one in turn, and briefly describe what you find. (You may need to familiarize yourself with the navigation commands of your Web browser: Look for buttons labeled Forward/Next and Backward/ Previous. In addition, most Web pages have a Home button linking them to the home page of the site.) 1.Menu item:____________________________________________________________________________ Description:____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2.Menu item:____________________________________________________________________________ Description:____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ (over) WWS 1-46, p1-108 5/23/05 2:38 PM Page 21 WELLNESS WORKSHEET 9 4 continued Check the Web site you 9ve chosen for the following other features and circle cyes d or cno d: YesNoDoes the Web site have links to other sites?<br><br> About how extensive is the list of links? Is it organized in an easy-to-use fashion? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ YesNoDoes the site have an index, a contents page, or search capability?<br><br> If so, is it easy to use? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Yes NoDoes the site give a clast modified d date? If so, note it below.<br><br> Are there any other indications of currency, such as an cin the news, d cwhat 9s new, d or clate-breaking information d section? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ YesNoIs there a mission statement or an cabout us d section that tells more about the sponsor(s) of the site? Are there any indications of potential bias?<br><br> How would you rate the overall reliability of the site? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Yes NoIs there an e-mail address for a contact person or department? If so, note it below: ___________________________________________________________________________ Choose one topic and follow a series of links to the most specific level.<br><br> For example, at the Healthfinder site, you can click in turn on Health Library, Prevention and Wellness, cN, d Nutrition, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Topic:___________________________________________________________________________________ Brief description of the most specific level of information:_________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Are you still on a page affiliated with the site you started with? Does the first part of your current URL match that of the home page of the original site?<br><br> Current URL:_____________________________________________________________________________ If not, can you determine what organization or agency sponsors or maintains the current site? ________________________________________________________________________________________ (over) WWS 1-46, p1-108 5/23/05 2:38 PM Page 22 WELLNESS WORKSHEET 9 4 continued Finally, what are your overall impressions of the site? Did it provide helpful, reliable information?<br><br> Was it easy and enjoyable to use? What improvements would you recommend for the site? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Part II.Search the World Wide Web Choose a specific topic to investigate 4for example, skin cancer prevention, bulimia, home HIV or hepatitis tests, or binge drinking by college students.<br><br> Use the search engine that accompanies your browser or one of the search engines or directories listed below: All the Web:http://www.alltheweb.comHotbot:http://www.hotbot.com AltaVista:http://www.altavista.comLycos:http://www.lycos.com Ask Jeeves:http://www.askjeeves.comNorthern Light:http://www.northernlight.com Google:http://www.google.comYahoo!:http://www.yahoo.com To use the search engine, you may need to enter key words or navigate through a series of increasingly specific directories; some search engines offer both key word and directory searches. The search engine will return a list of sites (with hyperlinks) that match your search parameters, often with a brief description of each site. When you are searching, it 9s best to make your searches as specific as possible.<br><br> Searching for key words like cfitness d or ccancer d will yield millions of matches. You are better off searching with more specific phrases 4 cin-line skating d or cbreast cancer treatments, d for example. If the search engine has a help section, take a look at it.<br><br> Different search engines have different rules for how best to enter key words. For example, you may need to enclose phrases in quotation marks or put plus or minus signs in front of words to obtain an appropriate result. Search engine in use:_______________________________________________________________________ Topic chosen:_____________________________________________________________________________ Once you 9ve completed your search, choose two of the sites to investigate.<br><br> Write a brief description of each one; include your evaluation of the site 9s reliability, currency, and usefulness. 1.URL:_________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsor:_______________________________________________________________________________ Description of site:______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Does the site seem reliable? Why or why not?_________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Does the site seem current?<br><br> Why or why not?_________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Insel/Roth, Core Concepts in Health, Tenth Edition © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.Chapter 1 Insel/Roth, Core Concepts in Health, Brief Tenth Edition © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.Chapter 1 (over) WWS 1-46, p1-108 5/23/05 2:38 PM Page 23 WELLNESS WORKSHEET 9 4 continued Is the site easy to use and helpful? Why or why not?____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2.URL:_________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsor:_______________________________________________________________________________ Description of site:_______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Does the site seem reliable? Why or why not?_________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Does the site seem current?<br><br> Why or why not?_________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Is the site easy to use and helpful? Why or why not?____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ You 9ll find additional Internet activities in later Wellness Worksheets and on the Core Concepts in Health Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/insel10e or www.mhhe.com/inselbrief10e). 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