Healthfinder

Healthfinder.gov
Live well. Learn how.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/default.aspx

Welcome to Healthfinder.gov!
Geared toward a wide audience, including limited literacy readers, youth, older folks, women
Composed of a breadth of subjects related to health
Main purpose is to provide authoritative, general health information for consumers

Healthfinder.gov is…
CREDIBLE
Access reliable, authoritative websites
Sponsor of site: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Amongst MLA’s Top Ten consumer websites
PERSONAL
Find personalized health recommendations & interactive tools
Menu planners, calorie counters, online check-ups
EASY TO UNDERSTAND
Simple navigation
Designed for and tested by limited [literacy?] users

To browse the site, you can click on the links from the left main menu or the links in the center of the page. (Notice they are the same links).

If you want to search for something specific, you can use the search box (top right) or the “Health A-Z” encyclopedia of health topics.

Want personalized information specific to you or someone you care about? Try “myhealthfinder” or “Personal Health Tools.”

Searching Healthfinder.gov:
There are two ways to search for a specific concept:
The A-Z encyclopedia
Using the general search box
You can also search by browsing the different segments of the site: Health News, Find an Organization, Popular Requests, Personal Health Tools, My HealthfinderTool, Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Let’s try it out!
Example 1: A mother wants to research on her own general information about obesity/being overweight.
Example 2: A public library patron asks the reference librarian to find him information on smoking. He wants to research all about it – i.e., health effects, how to quit, etc.

1. Textbox for simple searches. Just type in the word or phrase
REMINDER: Two ways to search for specific info:
2. You can also search for health topics by first letter – i.e. “D” for “diabetes”

Example 1: mother wants information on obesity…
Choose the first letter of the word you’re looking for. For example, choose “O” for “obesity.”

Here it is! Click on “Obesity” for more information.

You can narrow down your search on obesity by clicking on any of these options here. Let’s click on the FAQ’s to find out more on the subject.
Scroll down for more info!

Healthfinder searches and finds information from various authoritative sources. Let’s click on this link to read the FAQs on obesity.
You can see that the source for the FAQs page is the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion (from the CDC)

The FAQ page on obesity pops up in a new window since it is taken from another source (the CDC).
Healthfinder has found a trustworthy site on the subject of obesity. Done reading? Just close the pop-out window and you’ll be back to healthfinder.gov

Example 2: patron wants information on smoking…
Now let’s try another search using the SEARCH box this time. Let’s look for information on smoking.
Type in the word – smoking – and press enter (or the arrow button next to the word. Your results will appear!

How else can I find information?
Browse the menu options:
Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Myhealthfinder Tool
Personal Health Tools
Health News
Find Services & Information
Popular Requests

Browse: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
To browse ALL topics, click on the ‘quick guide’
Check out the various topics to learn more!

Browse: Personal Health Tools
Healthfinder has many personal tools that you can use to assess your health. Many options are available!

Browse: Myhealthfinder
Use myhealthfinder to get a personal assessment – it’s a nice, quick and easy tool to use!

Browse: Health News
You can sign up to have the latest news delivered to your email or RSS reader.
Looking to keep updated on the latest health news? You can search here.

Browse: Find Services & Info
Want to find health organizations, doctors or other health services near you? This is the place to find it!

Browse Popular Requests
Check out the nice listing of the top 10 most popular topics
Popular requests shows you what the most popular searches are for information on healthfinder.gov

What else?
Healthfinder.gov is offered in Spanish.
Contact information is available, but because of the breadth of information available on the website, staff cannot respond to personal requests.
Healthfinder.gov is also accessible.

Thank you!
Questions about this presentation? Please contact:
Lindy Brown | ljb06@fsu.edu |@lindyjb
http://oregonstate.edu/~brownl3/healthfinder.html

Healthfinder

by Lindy Brown on Sep 12, 2009

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