http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-1098994231911.html
#10
I chose this last one by Googling Pediatric Respiratory Diseases instead of Pediatric Asthma just to see what else might come up that was similar. Rush U. is in Chicago which is tells at the bottom of the page.
1. Content: This is very broad about Pediatric Respiratory Disorders in general . What I liked is that parent can pick other disorders of the respiratory tract that may lead to exacerbations in asthmatic children and they can find other disorders that physicians may mention to them but not really explain well. There is also a place where they can find the anataomy of the respiratory system which is good. The left column is generally about services offered by Rush and on the right is a Topic Index. Most of the other information on the page is about Rush Medical Center and how to use or find a MD there.
2. The Design is simple and easy to use. There are no distractors. The background is plain. And, if anyone is interested in going to Chicago there is a Work at Rush link on the left. (Too cold for me.)
3. There is no particular author noted on the opening page. It seems to be a generalist page written to give the basic information about Rush Medical Center offerings. In viewing the chapter headings for various Respiratory Diseases some inlcuded a Online Resource and others did not.
4. The intended audience is the consumer. There is a link for physicians in the header but it took me to a listing of different departments at Rush Medical Ctr. There is a contact us link but no user support that I saw.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
http://www.nationaljewish.org/healthinfo/pediatric/asthma/index.aspx
#9
1. Content: Brief but good information for parents - presented in a reassuring manner that their children can live normal lives. Includes links to additional information under various subtitles. The left column has additional chapter headings that can be clicked on for information and a link for professionals. You can sign up for a newsletter. Even though there is not a lot patho on this page I liked the way they jumped in and made parent feel comfortable right away and then included information so parents and kids can live normal lives.
2. Design: Easy to use and move around. There are no distractors. The flow of the page is good with highlighted chapter areas so you can easily locate what you are looking for. The left column makes it easy to access further information without reading through the chapters. Easy to sign up for the newsletter. I thought this might be aimed at children of Jewish descent only but it is not.
3. Author: is listed at the bottom with a link to his bio. His credentials are appropriate and include a membership in AAAAI (see #1). It shows where he did his medical training. He is board certified in Peds, Allery and Immunology. He completed his Fellowship in Allergy and Immunology in l976. It includes links to publications and includes a list of recent publications. Last it includes his CV.
4. The intended audience is parents although there is a link for professionals. There is also a link for Spanish.
5. I did not see a link for help with the site but there is an 800 number at the bottom to call.
#9
1. Content: Brief but good information for parents - presented in a reassuring manner that their children can live normal lives. Includes links to additional information under various subtitles. The left column has additional chapter headings that can be clicked on for information and a link for professionals. You can sign up for a newsletter. Even though there is not a lot patho on this page I liked the way they jumped in and made parent feel comfortable right away and then included information so parents and kids can live normal lives.
2. Design: Easy to use and move around. There are no distractors. The flow of the page is good with highlighted chapter areas so you can easily locate what you are looking for. The left column makes it easy to access further information without reading through the chapters. Easy to sign up for the newsletter. I thought this might be aimed at children of Jewish descent only but it is not.
3. Author: is listed at the bottom with a link to his bio. His credentials are appropriate and include a membership in AAAAI (see #1). It shows where he did his medical training. He is board certified in Peds, Allery and Immunology. He completed his Fellowship in Allergy and Immunology in l976. It includes links to publications and includes a list of recent publications. Last it includes his CV.
4. The intended audience is parents although there is a link for professionals. There is also a link for Spanish.
5. I did not see a link for help with the site but there is an 800 number at the bottom to call.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
http://www.livestrong.com/disease/47-pediatric-asthma/
#8
1. Content: this website started out good by identifying asthma talking about the causes, symptoms, treatments, where to get support, prognosis, complications, contacting a professional and prevention. There are several videos linked to site but I was unable to keep any of them going for more than 30 secs - very frustrating. The right column lists some peidatric asthma images and related Blogs that looked interesting. There were some other related sites also listed. I did not view all. There seemed to be a lot of commercial links.
2. The general design flowed down the page but getting out of the videos proved more difficult than it looked once you jumped from one video to the next.
3. There are no identified authors. There is a discliamer at the very bottom stating the content was supplied by A.D.A.M. - but I am not sure who that is. There is a review date of 1/30/2006 on the bottom and a review physician named who is/was President of the Allergy and Asthma Care in Taunton, MA. The persons listed in the videos did have a brief bio underneath. By clicking resources at the top it almost looks like anyone could add to this site.
4. The intended audience is for the general public. I was able to easly access this site from Google.
#8
1. Content: this website started out good by identifying asthma talking about the causes, symptoms, treatments, where to get support, prognosis, complications, contacting a professional and prevention. There are several videos linked to site but I was unable to keep any of them going for more than 30 secs - very frustrating. The right column lists some peidatric asthma images and related Blogs that looked interesting. There were some other related sites also listed. I did not view all. There seemed to be a lot of commercial links.
2. The general design flowed down the page but getting out of the videos proved more difficult than it looked once you jumped from one video to the next.
3. There are no identified authors. There is a discliamer at the very bottom stating the content was supplied by A.D.A.M. - but I am not sure who that is. There is a review date of 1/30/2006 on the bottom and a review physician named who is/was President of the Allergy and Asthma Care in Taunton, MA. The persons listed in the videos did have a brief bio underneath. By clicking resources at the top it almost looks like anyone could add to this site.
4. The intended audience is for the general public. I was able to easly access this site from Google.
http://www.neefusa.org/health/asthma/index.htm
#7
1. Content: Aimed at medical professionals taking medical histories. Gives resources for them to view in becoming familiar with environmental causes of pediatric asthma. Gives access to a PDF full document on Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers, an overview slide show and a training slide show. It includes competencies, an environmental history form and environmental guidelines. There are links to multiple online resources.
2. Design: the purpose of this website is a listing of various resources for health care providers, it is easy to go to various pages and then find what you are looking for and access other individual sites.
3. The Steering Committee members are all listed with their professional qualifications. There are no particular authors of information. This site is intended to help professionals find the resources they need to take care of their patients. The site has the endorsement of a number of medical professional groups such as: AACN, Ambulatory Ped. Assoc., Assoc of Faculties of Ped. NP, AMerican Acad. of Peds.
4. I was able to easily access this site from Google. You can register for a e-Newsletter. There are links to Contact and Support at the very top.
#7
1. Content: Aimed at medical professionals taking medical histories. Gives resources for them to view in becoming familiar with environmental causes of pediatric asthma. Gives access to a PDF full document on Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers, an overview slide show and a training slide show. It includes competencies, an environmental history form and environmental guidelines. There are links to multiple online resources.
2. Design: the purpose of this website is a listing of various resources for health care providers, it is easy to go to various pages and then find what you are looking for and access other individual sites.
3. The Steering Committee members are all listed with their professional qualifications. There are no particular authors of information. This site is intended to help professionals find the resources they need to take care of their patients. The site has the endorsement of a number of medical professional groups such as: AACN, Ambulatory Ped. Assoc., Assoc of Faculties of Ped. NP, AMerican Acad. of Peds.
4. I was able to easily access this site from Google. You can register for a e-Newsletter. There are links to Contact and Support at the very top.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1000997-overview
#6
1. Content: Very complete and thorough. Has a Overview so reader can choose to go to one area. Covers; differentail Diagnoses and Workup, Treatment and Medication, follow-up, Multimedia, References and Keywords. The right hand column has links to related emdicine areas. the header lists the authors and their qualifications one of whom is Payel Gupta. The site also shows an update as of Jan 15, 2009 in the header.
2. Design: Flows logically down the site. The reader can choose to jump to areas of interest by clicking on the chapter heading. There are some ads that change that are somewhat distracting.
3. Very easy to use and read. Qualifies its sources and information. There is use of occasional medical terminology that lay people may not get but are not obstructive to overall understanding.
4. Users of this site would probably include Professional and educated lay persons.
5. I didn't spend a lot of time looking but did not see any way to contact any of the contributors.
#6
1. Content: Very complete and thorough. Has a Overview so reader can choose to go to one area. Covers; differentail Diagnoses and Workup, Treatment and Medication, follow-up, Multimedia, References and Keywords. The right hand column has links to related emdicine areas. the header lists the authors and their qualifications one of whom is Payel Gupta. The site also shows an update as of Jan 15, 2009 in the header.
2. Design: Flows logically down the site. The reader can choose to jump to areas of interest by clicking on the chapter heading. There are some ads that change that are somewhat distracting.
3. Very easy to use and read. Qualifies its sources and information. There is use of occasional medical terminology that lay people may not get but are not obstructive to overall understanding.
4. Users of this site would probably include Professional and educated lay persons.
5. I didn't spend a lot of time looking but did not see any way to contact any of the contributors.
http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/allergy/asthchld.html
#5
1. I found the content of this site to be too brief to be of much help. The information it gives is good but not enough and is limited in scope. The whole site consists of 1 page. There is a disclaimer at the bottom and no identified author(s).
2. Design - Simple, flows easily down the page. The headers at the top of the page are aimed at giving information to finding health care at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Stanford. It does include a way to contact them through the web. The left column does include links to associated services.
3. Currency - Unknown
4. Authority of Sources - Sources not identified by individuals.
5. Accessed easily through Google.
6. Intended Audience - Consumers.
7. Misc. - I felt like this site was aimed at families living in the Stanford area looking for medical care for children with asthma. The information was too brief to be of much use.
#5
1. I found the content of this site to be too brief to be of much help. The information it gives is good but not enough and is limited in scope. The whole site consists of 1 page. There is a disclaimer at the bottom and no identified author(s).
2. Design - Simple, flows easily down the page. The headers at the top of the page are aimed at giving information to finding health care at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Stanford. It does include a way to contact them through the web. The left column does include links to associated services.
3. Currency - Unknown
4. Authority of Sources - Sources not identified by individuals.
5. Accessed easily through Google.
6. Intended Audience - Consumers.
7. Misc. - I felt like this site was aimed at families living in the Stanford area looking for medical care for children with asthma. The information was too brief to be of much use.
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/conditions/a/pedi_asthma_gdl_2.htm
#4
1. Content - Good content about quidelines for the control of asthma. Straight forward presentation of information. Gave information for parents to ask pediatricians. Talked about medications for different levels of asthma - which author described. Referred to Guidelines presented by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program . Gave examples of medication doses at low-medium and high daily doses.
2. Design had good flow. Easy to read. Simple, not confusing. There were other web sites listed to visit as sponsors so you clearly knew you were visiting a sponsor and/or an ad. Parents are able to sign up for Dr. Iannelli's own newsletter on the web. Also lists other resource web sites at the end. I did not like the ads running on the right hand side - too distracting and nothing to do with the web site material.
3. In the title area of site lists creation date as November 2003. Getting old but you can also access authors own Blog or newsletter which is more up to date - as late as last week - although not totally dedicated to asthma.
4. The author is an MD, published author of a book "The Everything Father's First Year
Book" and articles for several national magazines, author of a number of other books on childhood diseases. he a associate professor of Pediatrics at the U of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a Fellow of the Amer. Academy of Pediatrics.
5. I was able to easily access this site from Google.
6. It is intended for parents and is written in nonthreatening lay language.
7. The author gives links to his Newsletter and his Blog.
#4
1. Content - Good content about quidelines for the control of asthma. Straight forward presentation of information. Gave information for parents to ask pediatricians. Talked about medications for different levels of asthma - which author described. Referred to Guidelines presented by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program . Gave examples of medication doses at low-medium and high daily doses.
2. Design had good flow. Easy to read. Simple, not confusing. There were other web sites listed to visit as sponsors so you clearly knew you were visiting a sponsor and/or an ad. Parents are able to sign up for Dr. Iannelli's own newsletter on the web. Also lists other resource web sites at the end. I did not like the ads running on the right hand side - too distracting and nothing to do with the web site material.
3. In the title area of site lists creation date as November 2003. Getting old but you can also access authors own Blog or newsletter which is more up to date - as late as last week - although not totally dedicated to asthma.
4. The author is an MD, published author of a book "The Everything Father's First Year
Book" and articles for several national magazines, author of a number of other books on childhood diseases. he a associate professor of Pediatrics at the U of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a Fellow of the Amer. Academy of Pediatrics.
5. I was able to easily access this site from Google.
6. It is intended for parents and is written in nonthreatening lay language.
7. The author gives links to his Newsletter and his Blog.
http://www.experiencejournal.com/asthma/index.shtml
#3 This site is maintained by Children's Hospital in Boston
1. Lots of simple to understand basic information about Pediatric Asthma and if you visit the home page there is information about other Pediatric Health issues. As it states it is a collection of stories by patients and their families about their experiences with Asthma. There are some brief clips of information from clinicians about how they answer parents questions and talk with parents about difficult decisions such as pets and smoking. Not a lot of information about the disease. I feel like this is aimed at helping parents and kids know they are not alone in their struggles with the disease. Not meant to be an disease informational site.
2 Design is colorful as I would expect for a children's journal, appealing, easy to get around in. Made in the format of a binder so that even inexperienced web users can feel comfortable using it.
3. The authors vary from parents to patients to physicians on staff at CH - Boston. You can access a list of reviews from the home page and a further list of expert reviewers which lists various experts in each area of expertise that the Web site covers.
4. The intended audience is pediatric patients and their families. The home page lists a number of recommendations by EJ Research Study, Child and Family web Guide, Invest in Kids and CH Boston Depart of Psychiatry.
5. I did not see any place for website assistance.
6. Misc. -- just a fun kind of site really for kids and parents.
#3 This site is maintained by Children's Hospital in Boston
1. Lots of simple to understand basic information about Pediatric Asthma and if you visit the home page there is information about other Pediatric Health issues. As it states it is a collection of stories by patients and their families about their experiences with Asthma. There are some brief clips of information from clinicians about how they answer parents questions and talk with parents about difficult decisions such as pets and smoking. Not a lot of information about the disease. I feel like this is aimed at helping parents and kids know they are not alone in their struggles with the disease. Not meant to be an disease informational site.
2 Design is colorful as I would expect for a children's journal, appealing, easy to get around in. Made in the format of a binder so that even inexperienced web users can feel comfortable using it.
3. The authors vary from parents to patients to physicians on staff at CH - Boston. You can access a list of reviews from the home page and a further list of expert reviewers which lists various experts in each area of expertise that the Web site covers.
4. The intended audience is pediatric patients and their families. The home page lists a number of recommendations by EJ Research Study, Child and Family web Guide, Invest in Kids and CH Boston Depart of Psychiatry.
5. I did not see any place for website assistance.
6. Misc. -- just a fun kind of site really for kids and parents.
://www.mchlibrhttpary.info/documents/asthma.html
#2
1. The Content of this site is maintained by Georgetown University. The author is clearly identified at the top of the page along with her credentials and the publication date. She starts with a Table of Contents to an Introduction and then into the following Chapters of information. References are listed at the end and then an Appendix A on Innovations in Pediatric Asthma and appendix B on Organizations Working in Asthma.
2. The Design and Aesthetics are easy to use and easy on the eye. The background color is neutral with no distractors. There are no adds or moving pics. It flows easily. the only problem I ran into that may be a little confusing to the use until they play around a bit is that I started to play with the sites on the left column and I got into someother websites under MCH that included Childhood and Adolescent Asthma but were a different page. I didn't realize at first that I was no longer in the first site but a different one. The information however was relevant and easy to use and the date was 2008 versus 2000 for the opening document.
3. Although the site identified on the original page is 2000 there are plenty of access websites listed that are probably fairly frequently updated. I did not look through them all. Lots of government sites and professional organizations.
4. Again, this site had access sources for both Professionals and Patients/Consumers. Basically, easy to use.
5. There is a contact us at the bottom and a site for how to access and who to access in case of difficulty accessing the information
#2
1. The Content of this site is maintained by Georgetown University. The author is clearly identified at the top of the page along with her credentials and the publication date. She starts with a Table of Contents to an Introduction and then into the following Chapters of information. References are listed at the end and then an Appendix A on Innovations in Pediatric Asthma and appendix B on Organizations Working in Asthma.
2. The Design and Aesthetics are easy to use and easy on the eye. The background color is neutral with no distractors. There are no adds or moving pics. It flows easily. the only problem I ran into that may be a little confusing to the use until they play around a bit is that I started to play with the sites on the left column and I got into someother websites under MCH that included Childhood and Adolescent Asthma but were a different page. I didn't realize at first that I was no longer in the first site but a different one. The information however was relevant and easy to use and the date was 2008 versus 2000 for the opening document.
3. Although the site identified on the original page is 2000 there are plenty of access websites listed that are probably fairly frequently updated. I did not look through them all. Lots of government sites and professional organizations.
4. Again, this site had access sources for both Professionals and Patients/Consumers. Basically, easy to use.
5. There is a contact us at the bottom and a site for how to access and who to access in case of difficulty accessing the information
http://www.aaaai.org/patients/gallery/childhoodasthma.asp
Getting started. My first one - hope this goes ok.
1. Content. The content of this site was easy to understand. You can access it as a Patient/Consumer or Professional. It has lots of good information about what is asthma and then has different sites to go for more indepth information about treatments, medications etc. It is in English and Spanish.
2. The design is well laid out and easy to follow. I had no difficulty finding my way around. It is laid out like chapters in a book with appropriate chapter titles. Clear and easy to use. I was able to easily access any of the additional pages.
3. Authorship belongs to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology through their journal. There are pages for accessing the latest media information. They include a address and a Contact Us address.
4. Information seems to be current with frequent updates. There is information to a conference in February.
5. I think this is a very easy to use site with clear chapter headings which makes it easy for anyone to quickly find an area of interest on Pediatric Asthma. It has questions of the week for both Patients and Professionals and includes access to questions from past. They also have an option to make suggestions to the site.
6. I accessed this site through Google by putting in Pediatric Asthma. It was on the first page.
7. As noted in no. 1 it has access for either Patients/Consumers or for Professionals.
8. I did not see any user support access but it was a very easy site to use and I did not feel that I needed any assistance.
Getting started. My first one - hope this goes ok.
1. Content. The content of this site was easy to understand. You can access it as a Patient/Consumer or Professional. It has lots of good information about what is asthma and then has different sites to go for more indepth information about treatments, medications etc. It is in English and Spanish.
2. The design is well laid out and easy to follow. I had no difficulty finding my way around. It is laid out like chapters in a book with appropriate chapter titles. Clear and easy to use. I was able to easily access any of the additional pages.
3. Authorship belongs to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology through their journal. There are pages for accessing the latest media information. They include a address and a Contact Us address.
4. Information seems to be current with frequent updates. There is information to a conference in February.
5. I think this is a very easy to use site with clear chapter headings which makes it easy for anyone to quickly find an area of interest on Pediatric Asthma. It has questions of the week for both Patients and Professionals and includes access to questions from past. They also have an option to make suggestions to the site.
6. I accessed this site through Google by putting in Pediatric Asthma. It was on the first page.
7. As noted in no. 1 it has access for either Patients/Consumers or for Professionals.
8. I did not see any user support access but it was a very easy site to use and I did not feel that I needed any assistance.
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