Evaluating a Website for Credibility
Charles B Wolfe
Chamberlain College of Nursing

Evaluating a Website for Credibility
A search for men’s health related website conducted using the public search engine Google.com. Men’s Health Network (MHN), http://www.menshealthnetwork.org, is a nonprofit organization reaching out to males and their families focusing on the growing health crisis that affect the premature mortality of men (Men’s Health Network, 2014). Approximately 50% of the population is male; evaluating the sites credibility is important when using it as an educational tool for male patients related to prevention and management of health. Evaluation of website

MHN is comprised of spokespersons and advisory board. The website discloses a limited list of spokespersons with title and areas of educational focus. The site states, “…there are over 800 physicians, mental health experts, and other key thought leaders among the MHN Board of Advisors…” (Men's Health Network, 2014). The readability of the website is not technical, the average person will be able to read the information on the site and be able to understand the intent of the organizations message. The information that is presented is accurate but referencing to st...

-16 /1548-923x.1961 1 10.2202 12 15 18 19 20 2010 2012 2014 201409161816071882827044 201409201149291993026019 201409201214161550333619 24 3 43 442 49 50 64 7 800 abl accord accur achiev acut addit advis advisor advisori affect aid ailment al although alway america american among announc applic approxim area associ avail averag away b back banner base bayer beyond board bottom boy brief build busi c calabro cannot card care chamberlain charl cinahl citat clear click co co-pay collect colleg commit communiti community-bas compani compar compris comput conduct consent contain cooki cope cost council credibl credit crisi curb databas defin demonstr describ despit detail difficult disclos diseas display doesn doi donat done drug easi educ empir employ endhav engin enhanc ensur et evalu everi evid expert explan eye famili favor find flyer focus follow font for-profit found friend general get give glaxo googl google.com govern graphic grave group grow head health healthcar high hinder home hospit ident import improv increas inform institut insur intent intern internet internship jone journal key kline knowledg l lack larg last lay leader librari limit link list love m maker male manag materi medlin men mental messag mhn miller mission monetari mortal much n.d nation navig network networkmen news nonprofit novemb nr500 number nurs o obtain one onlin oper organ outcom outsid p page partnership patient pay percentag permiss person pfizer phrase physician place polici popul practic practice.miller prematur presenc presensc present press prevent privaci profession profit program promot proper protect provid public r rang reach read readabl reader readili reciproc refer referenc regular relat releas relev report reput request requir resourc respect respons result retriev revis scholarship scout search secur seminar septemb sievert sinc site smaller smith sourc spokesperson sponsor start state statement strenuous studi subscript success suggest summar summari supersed support system take target technic term testimoni therebi thought titl tool top traffic understand updat urolog use user util veteran view visit vital web web-bas websit website.calabro well whilst wolf wolfec women www.menshealthnetwork.org www.nih.org