GOOD vs. BAD
Websites & Info
Good Websites end in:

Keep yourself healthy by
making sure you have the
right information from the
right internet source!
“.gov” - U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services

“.org” - non-profit
organizations

Person County
Health Department
Accessing
VALID
Health
Information
“.edu”- educational
institutions
Ex. www.familycareinc.org
Bad Information includes:
Wikipedia is NOT a reliable
source because anybody who
is tech savvy can edit the
information.
Asking your “friends” on social
media outlets, like Facebook, can
be risky because they are not
health professionals.
Nia A. Sutton
Public Health Educator
Person County Health Department
355 A South Madison Blvd.
Roxboro, NC 27573
(336) 597-2204 x 2263
Person County Health Department & its employees
are prohibited from discriminating against clients
on the basis of age, sex, race, color, creed, religion,
national origin, disability, education, ethnicity or
socioeconomic status.
A guide for accessing valid
health information on the
Internet
How do you get health
information on the
Internet?
Here are some GOOD
websites to access
VALID information:
www.cdc.gov
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Let’s Take It
From The Top!
1. Turn on your
computer, laptop,
tablet, etc.
2. Access the web
using your computer’s
internet browser
80% of Internet users look online
to access health information, but
from where?
The World Wide Web is a
GIGANTIC outlet for all types of
information from all types of
sources, but it is imperative that
you know the right sources to get
the right info!
www.familydoctor.org
American Academy of Family
Physicians
www.nih.gov
National Institute of Health
www.medlineplus.gov
U.S. National Library of
Medicine
3.Type the healthy
website, ending in .gov,
.org, or .edu, in the
toolbar and hit the
Enter key
It is always best to consult a
health professional about
information you find
online so that they can
validate it and further
explain what the
information means.