The Science
Panel on Interactive Communication and Health, a panel of experts convened by the
Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
recommended that interactive health communication (IHC) applications, including
Web sites,
provide a summary disclosure statement. We have provided below a summary of information
drawn from the about healthfinder.gov
section of our site.
IHC Disclosure Statement (Label) for healthfinder.gov
Name of Application: healthfinder.gov
Type of Application (e.g., Web site,
CD-ROM/DVD): Web
Developer(s)/Sponsor(s)
Purpose
- Specific purpose of application:
healthfinder.gov is a gateway consumer health information
Web site
from the U.S. government. The goal of the Web site is to improve consumer access
to selected health information from government agencies, their many partner organizations,
and other reliable sources that serve the public interest.
- Target audience for the application:
The primary target audience for healthfinder.gov
is the general public; intermediaries and health
professionals are also important audiences.
Content
- List the original source(s) of the
content:
Information from over 1,500 organizations is linked. See healthfinder.gov's
selection guidelines for details about the process by which
resources are selected. Search the database for details about each organization
listed.
Privacy
- How users' confidentiality or anonymity will be
protected and who will have access to collected personal
data:
healthfinder.gov does
not collect personal data from users. E-mail messages requesting information
may be referred to other government agencies with responsibility for the
type of information requested. Web logs contain only standard
information as outlined in our complete privacy
policy. Once a user leaves the site to
visit a linked site, the privacy policy of that site applies.
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