Report on Objective 11-4: Estimating the Proportion of Health Related Websites Disclosing Information that can be Used to Assess their Quality

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Health Communication Activities

ODPHP Health Communication

Report on Objective 11-4:
Estimating the Proportion of Health Related Websites Disclosing Information That Can Be Used to Assess Their Quality

Selecting Health Content for Review

Collecting and Validating Baseline Data

Scoring and Analyzing Data

Identity

Purpose

Content

Privacy

User Feedback

Content Updating

Appendix A: Report of Findings From Websites Evaluation Pretest

Appendix B: Websites Evaluation Revised Protocol

Appendix C: Baseline Estimates of Compliance

Tables
1	Comparison of Websites in Universe and Baseline Sample, By Type of Site
2	Ineligible Sample Websites, By Reason for Ineligibility
3	Sample Eligibility, By Selected Wesbite Characteristics
4	Required Elements for Scoring and Optional Elements
5	Estimates of Compliance by Criterion and Disclosure Element
C1	Estimates of Compliance With Criteria and Associated Elements of Disclosure, All Health Websites
C2	Estimates of Compliance With Criteria and Associated Elements of Disclosure, By Stratum

Figures
1	Estimates of Compliance for All Health Websites and Frequently Visited Sites, by Number of Criteria in Compliance
2	Estimates of Compliance for All Health Websites and Frequently Visited Sites, by Criterion
3	Compliance of Frequently Visited Sites and Remainder Sites with Identity Criterion, by Number of Disclosure Elements in Compliance
4	Compliance of Frequently Visited Sites and Remainder Sites with Purpose Criterion, by Number of Disclosure Elements in Compliance
5	Compliance of Frequently Visited Sites and Remainder Sites with Content Criterion, by Number of Disclosure Elements in Compliance
6	Compliance of Frequently Visited Sites and Remainder Sites with Privacy Criterion, by Number of Disclosure Elements in Compliance
7	Compliance of Frequently Visited Sites and Remainder Sites with Updating Criterion, by Number of Disclosure Elements in Compliance