Question

The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of reliable and valid information sources to patient education in clinical nursing practice and to evaluate patient educational materials posted on the internet.

The assignment for this week consists of 3-5 pages paper evaluating consumer/patient health information on the web. You will be required to find a website that is designed to provide health information to the consumer/patient and analyze it according to the criteria described below. You are required to report your analysis in a formal course paper.

Choose a health topic/issue in which you want to educate your patient/consumer/family about (diabetes, heart failure, teenage pregnancy, depression, etc…) and briefly describe in your paper :

An explanation of your health topic/issue and why you selected it (Significance of the topic/issue selected).

Find an internet source that is designed to provide information/education about your selected health topic/issue and analyze the following:

describe the website (main title, information)

describe the overall impression about the design of the website (organization, easiness of finding information, easiness to read, table of content/index, colors, font, does it look professional).

Who is sponsoring the website?

How often is the site updated? When was the site created? Was it updated recently?

Does it state that the content is not medical advice?

Who is the intended audience? Does the site have a clear target audience? is the information presented appropriate to the target population?

How credible are the information presented:

Is there any evidence that the author of the web information has some authority in the field about which she or he is providing information? Who is responsible for the information? What are the author's credentials? Is a mechanism in place for you to contact the author?

Are there clues that the author/s are biased? For example, is he/she selling or promoting a product? Is the author taking a personal stand on a social/political issue or is the author being objective ? Bias is not necessarily "bad," but the connections should be clear.

Does the information have a complete list of works cited, which reference credible, authoritative sources? Is the information valid and supported by evidence? Are omissions noted? Is the author's point of view objective and unbiased?

Are the information accurate? any inconsistencies, inaccuracies, errors, false information, etc…

Are there links that point to additional, valuable resources with minimum effort?

Adequacy:

Over all, does the site provide consumer/patient education? is the education adequate or does the consumer have to go somewhere else to find answers about the topic?

Sophistication of the information:

Is this source too elementary, too technical, too advanced, or just right?

Is the purpose of the site clearly stated? Does the site match its purpose? Is the site intended to educate or sell?

Submit a 3-5 pages analysis paper following APA format (include title page, running head, introduction, headings, Summary paragraph, reference page, in-text citation). You need to include at least 5 reliablereferences of which at least 3 journal articles.

For assistance in completing this assignment review chapters 17 & 18 in your McGonigle text and visit the following two websites: https://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html and http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/web-eval-sites.htm

Answer 1

Diabetes:
It is a disease that affects the way the body turns sugar into energy..I have selected this topic because report shows that nearly half of americans have diabetes and prediabetes,it puts them at high risk for other condition..Most of the people with diabetes they did not even diagnosed and do not know the preventive measures..If the sugar is not under control they can develop with other health problems..Where diabetes ranked on the list of leading causes of death in the US in 2015..There are two types of diabetes that is type 1 and type 2..most of the cases blong to type 2 diabetes..
Special education for african american with type 2 diabetes self-manegement education and intervention:
   2.7 milliom African american aged 20 years or older have diabetes..diabetes awareness and well ness network(DAWN) conducted among 24churches of varying diabetes advisor and intervention team..special intervention included individual counselling visit,12 group sessions,3 post card messages from the participants diabetes care provider and twelve month telephone calls from a diabetes advisor..Baseline test include weight,hemoglobin A1c,Blood pressure,physical activity,dietary and diabetes self-care practices and psychosocial factors..from enrollment visit to last follow-up from feb 2001 to Aug 2003..
Randomized controlled trial evaluation of the intervention:
   After collecting baseline measures there is a special intervention and minimal intervention..it includes direct mailing to participants of two ADA pamplets(healthy eating and staying active) and 3bimonthly news letters that provided general health information and study staff members to conduct one group session..
food frequency Questionnaire(FFQ) through the telephone interviews to assess diatery intake..they measures several physocial variables to describe the study sample and evaluate potential determinants of targeted behaviour changes..most measures are administered during two telephone interviews..
Results with regular followups with diabetes physician..17% had received dietary counselling..75% participants taking medication,29% taking insulin,12% taking no medication..
   A new DAWN church -based DSME intervention culturally appropriate with current behavioural and education approches for diabetes self management..this intervention include psychosocial evaluation and health behaviour along with sensitive features included only limited 25% churches..eliminating the health disparities associated with diabetes requires culturally appropriate and effective interventions that address the individual self management and supporting self-care..
The outcomes of a new DAWN will contribute to the literature on community-based intervention for minority populations and help to inform the selection of approaches to improve diabetes care in this population..