Nursing (NURS): Websites

Allentown Health Bureau

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

Bethlehem Health Bureau

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   Provides in-depth statistical information on diseases and especially for tracking communicable diseases.

Healthfinder.gov.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Healthy People 2030

Lehigh County Human Services

National Center for Health Statistics 

National Library of Medicine 

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Office of Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Pennsylvania Dept. of Health

Planned Parenthood of Northeast Pennsylvania

Critically review all websites with the following questions in mind:

• Who is the author(s) or sponsor(s) of the site? What are their qualifications? (Authority)
• Is this a commercial, governmental, personal, or academic web site? (Accuracy)
• What is the purpose of the site? (Objectivity)
• Is the information current?  When was the web site last updated? (Currency)
• Is the information documented? (Coverage)

REMEMBER - not all information found on the Internet is useful for college research!