://www.mchlibrhttpary.info/documents/asthma.html

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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.

The purpose of this blog spot is to help you become familiar with the signs and symptoms of pediatric asthma and how to treat asthma before it becomes an obstacle to your childs ability to have a normal childhood.