Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education.
To evaluate the quality of Web sites on breastfeeding for patient education.Descriptive study of 30 Web sites on breastfeeding for patient education, evaluated based on the Health Information Technology Institute (HITI) criteria, readability, and eight content criteria from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on breastfeeding.The mean Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for readability of the 30 sites was 9.2. Seven of the sites included all eight of the content criteria from the AAP, and three sites did not include any of the information recommended by the AAP content criteria.Nurses should be able to recommend best patient education materials for their patients. The five best Web sites for breastfeeding education are identified for patient teaching, and the HITI criteria are explained for nurses to learn how to evaluate Web sites for themselves and their patients.
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- User-Computer Interface
- Truth Disclosure
- Social Support
- Patient Education as Topic
- Nursing Education Research
- Nursing
- Nurse's Role
- Mothers
- Maternal-Child Nursing
- Internet
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- User-Computer Interface
- Truth Disclosure
- Social Support
- Patient Education as Topic
- Nursing Education Research
- Nursing
- Nurse's Role
- Mothers
- Maternal-Child Nursing
- Internet