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There is a new consumer health search engine in beta release: Healia.com (http://www.healia.com/healia/). This specialized search engine offers some unique features, including filters that limit to age, gender, heritage, and reading ability; broader and narrow search terms; the ability to modify font size and view search history; and categorization of results under Prevention, Causes/Risk, Symptoms, Diagnosis/Tests, and Treatment tabs.

An interesting report on the use of Web-sites for health promotion and health support

The role and effectiveness of collaborative knowledge systems in health promotion and health support. Tavistock Institute, London, 2004
URL: http://www.tavinstitute.org/getdoc.php?id=77

A total of forty-seven collaborative knowledge systems (mostly Web-based) providing health information and support services to health care professionals and consumers were analyzed in the report. 57% - users act as passive consumers of information provided by experts and professionals. The report also presents information about types of content, knowledge production, scenarios of use, and "holding techniques" used by health care Web-sites

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:26:10 +0200
From: Dusko Jagodic
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