Internet Site Evaluation

[Jo Anne Collins <JoCollins@AOL.COM>]

Hi!  I thought I would share the response that I got from United Health Care
about the ad concerning the validity of internet sites.  If you didn't see
the ad you might want to follow her directions and check it out.

Barbara, I enjoyed Ken's posting.  Thanks!

Jo Anne Collins, L/MS
Van Buren Middle School
Kettering OH
jcollins@kettering.k12.oh.us


<I'm glad that you found the ad helpful.  All of the ads in the series are
available on our web site at www.unitedhealthfoundation.org  under the
"improve your health" tab.  They are in a downloadable pdf format for your
use.

Please note that the credit for these ads should you to the UnitedHealth
Foundation, which is supported by the UnitedHealth Group family of companies
of which UnitedHealthcare is one, and whatever community partner is noted on
the ad.  In this case, the partner is the National Cancer Institute.

Please keep me posted on how you use the ads, and again, we are pleased they
are helpful.

Susan M. Hayes
Associate Director
UnitedHealth Foundation>

Original Posting (condensed)
One of the hardest things to get across to students is the fact that not
> everything on the web is 100% accurate.
>
> In the October 2001 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine... right inside
the
> cover was a two-page ad from United Health Care.  It asked a question in
bold
> black print at the top of the page.... Would you take medical advice from
a
> sixteen-year-old?  (Not the exact phrase since the magazine is at school)
> Then it talks about the Internet.
>
> Luckily it appeared just when we were starting some classes in which I
talked
> about that very topic!  I held up the magazine and said .... this company
has
> paid for a two page ad right inside the cover to help educate adults to
the
> fact that not all info on the web is good.  That's why we're taking the
time
> to teach you to be aware of the sites that you are using as you do
research
> and look for information now. (Then we talked about the fact that
computers
> weren't available when many adults were in school.)
>

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