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Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Dornan, BA; Oermann, MH
Published in: MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing
January 2006

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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Published In

MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing

DOI

EISSN

1539-0683

ISSN

0361-929X

Publication Date

January 2006

Volume

31

Issue

1

Start / End Page

18 / 23

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
 

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Dornan, B. A., & Oermann, M. H. (2006). Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education. MCN. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 31(1), 18–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005721-200601000-00006
Dornan, Barbara A., and Marilyn H. Oermann. “Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education.MCN. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing 31, no. 1 (January 2006): 18–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005721-200601000-00006.
Dornan BA, Oermann MH. Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education. MCN The American journal of maternal child nursing. 2006 Jan;31(1):18–23.
Dornan, Barbara A., and Marilyn H. Oermann. “Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education.MCN. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, vol. 31, no. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 18–23. Epmc, doi:10.1097/00005721-200601000-00006.
Dornan BA, Oermann MH. Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education. MCN The American journal of maternal child nursing. 2006 Jan;31(1):18–23.

Published In

MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing

DOI

EISSN

1539-0683

ISSN

0361-929X

Publication Date

January 2006

Volume

31

Issue

1

Start / End Page

18 / 23

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