You need to take steps to evaluate all of the information that you use in your research. Special care must be taken with websites. Keep these factors in mind when you're thinking about using information from a website:
The ACEN is the entity that is responsible for the specialized accreditation of nursing education programs, both postsecondary and higher degree, which offer either a certificate, a diploma, or a recognized professional degree (clinical doctorate, master’s/post-master’s certificate, baccalaureate, associate , diploma, and practical).
Provides information about red cross services, such as disaster preparedness, CPR, AIDS, swimming & babysitting courses. Also provides information about volunteer and donation opportunities.
Provides up-to-date information on many aspects of health care, including diseases and conditions, vaccines and immunizations, and emergency preparedness and response. It also includes a section with health statistics.
Provides comprehensive information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products, including a pill identifier and interactions checker.
A searchable database of illness outbreaks caused by food and water contamination, exposure to animals and people already infected. Contains information on outbreaks since 1984. Search by keyword, food type, organization, or date.
This website, an initiative of the Department of Population and International Health at Harvard, is a research portal on important themes related to global aging and health, with an emphasis on issues in the developing world.
A project of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. The goal of the office is to improve the health of American women. This website provides health information regarding women's issues.