Are you ever in need of sending your clients to a website with reliable, high quality, Canadian information? Look no further!
The Consumer Health Information Providers Interest Group (CHIPIG) has recently released its Top 10 list of Canadian Consumer Health Websites.
The selection of these websites was based on multiple criteria, including credibility, currency, disclaimer, disclosure, purpose and target audience, user-friendliness & interactivity with a focus on accessibility.
For more information, visit CHIPIG's website www.chla-absc.ca/chipig/top-ten_websites.htmlhttp://www.chla-absc.ca/chipig/top-ten_websites.html
Do you agree with this list? Do you have other favourites that aren't listed here? We would love to hear what your top consumer health websites are!
The Top Ten Canadian Consumer Health Websites for 2014 are:
Canadian Cancer Society Heart and Stroke Foundation
About Kids Health - Sick Kids
HealthLink BC Eat Right Ontario (Dietitians of Canada) Sexualityandu.ca Centre for Addictions and Mental Health Healthy Canadians Canadian Diabetes Association The Kidney Foundation of Canada
www.cancer.cahttp://www.cancer.ca www.heartandstroke.cahttp://www.heartandstroke.ca www.aboutkidshealth.cahttp://www.aboutkidshealth.ca
www.healthlinkbc.cahttp://www.healthlinkbc.ca www.eatrightontario.cahttp://www.eatrightontario.ca www.sexualityandu.cahttp://www.sexualityandu.ca www.camh.cahttp://www.camh.ca www.healthycanadians.gc.cahttp://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca www.diabetes.cahttp://www.diabetes.ca www.kidney.cahttp://www.kidney.ca
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