Judge: web sites for health - support group guidelines - how to produce

	1.0 How to produce:

		1.1 Trust and reputation 1.2 Details of the organisation 1.3 Purpose of the organisation 1.4 Associated organisations 1.5 Funding sources 1.6 The way the information is written 1.7 Non-English language material 1.8 Descriptions of conditions and treatments 1.9 Medical research 1.10 Personal experiences 1.11 Communication 1.12 Links to other sites 1.13 Data protection 1.14 Copyright 1.15 Terms and conditions 1.16 Disclaimers 1.17 Kitemarks 1.18 Advertising 1.19 Interactive facilities 1.20 Other quality guidelines

1.20 Other quality guidelines

Here are some examples of other quality guidelines. There are many more.

BIOME evaluation guidelines (http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/policy.html) [Opens in new browser window]
The health information gateway, Intute: Health and Life Sciences: Medicine (http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/medicine/) [Opens in new browser window] is part of Intute (produced by the higher education sector). These guidelines explain how Intute evaluates Internet resources for inclusion in their gateway. (Note: these guidelines are currently being revised.)
Health On the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) (http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html) [Opens in new browser window]
HON is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organisation. It has produced a set of eight ethical principles, the HONcode, that Web site producers should abide by. However it does not rate the quality of the information provided by a Web site.
QUICK - The QUality Information ChecKlist (http://www.quick.org.uk) [Opens in new browser window]
QUICK is aimed at children to help them evaluate the information they find on the Internet. It is run by the NHS Health Development Agency (now part of the new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - NICE (http://www.nice.org.uk/) [Opens in new browser window]).

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