Finding Reliable Health Information Online

Frustrated by your Google search when trying to find accurate health information? Are you sure that what you’ve found is reliable? Now more than ever, it's important to find health information that you can trust. This webinar will teach you how to determine whether a website contains accurate information, and how to search vetted, reliable, free online health resources. Join us and learn how to find out what you need to know to stay healthy!

Learning Objectives (3:19)
What Is Health Literacy (3:55)
Why Is Health Literacy So Important (4:31)
Health Literacy and COVID-19 (5:05)
Real News vs. Fake News (5:43)
Spotting Fake News (9:47)
Keeping Fake News Out of Your Feed (12:39)
How Can You Become Better at Finding Reliable Health Information? (15:29)
Tip 1: Check the Sources (15:31)
Tip 2: Check the Supporting Sources (16:55)
Tip 3: Check the Authors (17:26)
Online Sources to Help With Evaluating Information (18:25)
Trust It or Trash It? (18:40)
CRAAP Test (19:31)
DOAJ — Directory of Open Access Journals (21:05)
Helpful Information to Know (22:26)
Where Do You Go From Here? (23:06)
Good Sources for Real Health News (23:24)
Good Sources for Real COVID-19 News (24:24)
Local Resources for Health Information (26:07)
Questions & Answers (28:36)

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The Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program (SBMHeLP) is a partnership between the Public Libraries of Suffolk County, a unique group of healthcare professionals and graduate student interns from the fields of social work, public health, nursing, nutrition and library science, working together to provide access to both in-person and virtual healthcare related resources for public library patrons throughout Suffolk County. This partnership looks to enhance the health and well-being of Suffolk County residents through library programming, collection development and dissemination of information on current health topics impacting our communities.