The Problem of Adolescent Smoking
The Problem of Adolescent Smoking
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Related Links Rating Scale: Believability Your initial reaction to an item is often a good beginning to evaluating items. Don't forget, however, that believability is a function not only of the authors' ability to create believable documents, but also of the reader. Authority Is the source of the information a reliable authority? What evidence do you have of this? Are the names of the authors listed? Are they authorities, or just journalists? You can check the names in the appropriate bibliographic data bases to see if the name is there and, if it is, you can see what types of articles they have written to help with this judgment Evidence What evidence does the piece contain that you can check to verify the facts? Are other sources listed? If so, can you verify the information? Some pieces are listed as "the New England Journal of Medicine says " but no author or date or other information so that you can follow up. Is there a list of references? Support What support exists for the writer's claims? Are you aware of contradictory information? Logic Is the information logically sound? Boe, Graubart, & Cappo (1995) report that this is often the most difficult of all evaluation tasks. Be wary of the one or two case citation that implies that it represents the whole. Timeliness A difficulty with sources on the Internet is the lack of permanency of sources. Unlike print sources, which are archived, Internet resources come and go. One should look for a date on Internet sources and use that as part of the evaluation. Lack of a date should be a red flag.
This site is believable upon first glance and after searching the site. It is a credible source, the American Lung Association. In some of the different areas of the site, the authors didn’t have a lot information directly supporting their claims which left me a little weary of the support of the writers for this page. It was logical and extremely timely, having been updated on February 12 of this year. Rating: B,a,E,s,L,T This site is well organized and believable. It has many different links within the page and is well supported by believable organizations. The source of the information is an accumulation of many different sources with many references and evidence to check the claims. There is a disclaimer which is very comforting to anyone visiting the site who may question reliability. The information is logical and easy for the public to read. The authorities, the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging state their reason for creating this page for the public to have a source of information about the risks of smoking. This site is at risk for a homogenous nature because it is a site from Australia and so the participants would be limited to citizens from that area only. The site was last updated on November 19, 2002 Rating: B,a,E,S,L,T This website appears to be very professional when you first visit it, making it believable and convincing upon first glance. The authority of the author and creators of the page is not perfectly clear. They give brief autobiographies of themselves, but there isn’t much to back up who they are; no big companies or organizations that are widely known to the public. There were a couple new articles added in January of this year, however this does not mean that the entire site was updated. I didn’t come across many other links within the articles of the website, however the newly added articles included a few links from credible national organizations. Rating: B,a,e.s,L,t This site is well organized and extremely supported by many other sources. The author is a thoracic surgeon. He has made many links for the visitors to go to and asks for nurses input. He also has created an easy access reference page for school researchers to use because many students were visiting his page for research projects. He gives his email address and makes himself available for questions. The site was last updated in February of this year. Rating: B,A,E,S,L,T This site is packed full of information about how to quit smoking. It is somewhat believable upon first glance but may leave the visitor a little weary because there isn’t an accredited organization linked with this website. The authority of the writer of this page, Christine H. Rowley is not extremely high. She is a long time journalist and not a medical doctor. The evidence for the writings is other evidence from other writers so that is not concrete. The support is ample from other writers and ex-smokers who have visited and benefited from this page. The information is very logical and easy to use. The website is handled in a timely manner and the disclaimer, which is helpful to visitors for validating the websited was copyrighted for 2003. Rating: b,a,-,s,L,T This site offers medical advice/explanation on lung conditions for the lay population. The site covers diseases or other topics experienced by all ages. The information provided by this site are research articles, advice from healthcare professionals, therefore believability, authority, evidence, logic and support would all be trustworthy. Rating: B, A, E, S, L This site offers parenting advise, child development and family references on topics like homework, school readiness, and dating and safety issues. Since this web site is written by parents for parents and a .com site, the believability, evidence and authority would have to be questionable, but would offer good support and ligic on the topics of family centered care and issues. Rating: b, a, e, S, L This site was created and made available to the public by a cancer research center, non-profit organization offering information about research reports, educational, and medical care of all forms of cancer. The research center and their team of scientists, medical doctors, and health care professionals create the site; however, someone not affiliated with the healthcare field would probably be apprehensive about putting a lot of time into the content of the site, because it would be too advanced for understanding. Rating: b, A, E, S, L This site is directed specifically to the teenage female with questions regarding their development into a woman. It is created by a department of Women's Health and offers information on topics such as puberty, drug use, and health problems most frequently seen in the female population. This site is believable to the intended audience, backed by authority, evidence and support as well as logically sound. Rating: B, A, E, S, L This site is dedicated to drug policy reform, offering public opinion and facts about drug use and health risks associated with them. The site directory is listed with volunteers and only one M.D. This site is directed toward the knowledge level of the lay public, therefore believability and logic to this audience, but the support, authority, and evidence would be questionable. Rating: B, a, e, s, L This website is designed to attract people who are smokers and want to quit. It has several links to products that are advertised to help a smoker quit. It is provided by Yahoo, a commercial web site provider. This site would not be considered informative about the actual process of quitting smoking, but rather a list of links to products and organizations that claim to help smokers quit. Rating: b, a, --, l, t This web site is provided by an advertising and marketing company. The focus of this website is teenagers organizing to stand up against tobacco companies and smoking. It is dedicated to attracting teens and informing them about smoking and the myths that surround it. Rating: B, a, E, s, L, T The Medical College of Wisconsin’s website is dedicated to informing readers about various health issues. It provides search engines to use and the opportunity to view health articles. These search engines provide a place for parents and healthcare providers interested in gaining information about teen health issues to access reliable information. Rating: B, a, e, S, L, T This website is a commercial website dedicated to providing information about health and social issues for children and adolescence. It provides links for children, health care providers, teachers, and parents to search for information about childhood/adolescent issues such as teen smoking. Rating: b, A, e, S, L, T The Tobacco Free organization is to prevent teens from smoking and help smokers to quit. This site provides links to videos and educational tools and to fact lists about smoking. Rating: B, A, E, S, L, T www.lambtonhealth.on.ca/smoking/teens.asp This website was about the effects of smoking on smokers, reasons to quit and ways to quit. The website states the facts about cigarettes and the powerfulness of nicotine. Rating: B,a,--, --, L,T www.stop-smoking-cigarette.com/ This website states the facts about cigarette smoking and the anatomy of the addiction. It is directed towards teens and states how your brain is affected by nicotine. Rating: B,a, --, --, --, t www.healthyhawaii.com/tobacco/adolescent.html This website is about stopping adolescents from smoking. Information about the initiation of cigarette smoking is listed. B,a,e, --, --, -- This website is about preventing teens from smoking. This website states parents should talk to their kids about smoking in a way that they would understand. B,a, e, --, l, -- www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSMST000/22017/29585/202066.html?d=dmtContent This website is about smoking cessation and it lists helpful ways to quit smoking. Once you have quit smoking the website says that the smoker should keep busy so that they will not feel like smoking. B,a,--,s,L,T www.ada.org/public/topics/tobacco.html The ADA uses this website to provide the public with information on the effects of smoking and tobacco products on the teeth and oral health, emphasizing on the increased incident of oral cancers. Rating: B,A,E,S,l www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/nicotine.html The NIDA uses this website to provide the public with information on nicotine and its effects on the body. Facts are provided about cigarettes and other nicotine products and the addiction that results from use. The website provides publications directed at both parents to discourage and youth to deter the abuse of nicotine as a drug. Rating: B,A,E,s,l www.philipmorrisusa.com/policies_practices/ysp.asp Phillip Morris uses this website to provide the public with information on the prevention program established by the corporation, the details of the studies affiliated with the program, and the results of surveys conducted on the targeted prevention population. Rating: b,a,e,s,L http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10.asp?sitearea=PED The ACS uses this website to provide the public with information on the harmful effects of tobacco, tips on and benefits of quitting the habit, and specific risks involved with children and teenagers smoking. Information on the Great American Smokeout and recent legislation involving smoking is also included on the website. Rating: B,A,E,S,L www5.who.int/tobacco/index.cfm The WHO uses this website to provide the international public with information on its worldwide project designed to direct attention, resources, and action to the worldwide tobacco pandemic that affects the world today. Rating: b,a,e,s,L www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/ Tobacco Cessaation Guideline.
This website was designed to give statistical information concerning cigarette smoke as well as further resources to back their statements.
Rating: B,A,E,S,L,T.
www.agius.com/hew/resource/tobsmk.htm Tobacco Smoking or Health. This site is to inform consumers on the health hazards of cigarette smoking. It goes into details describing what is in cigarette smoking, and what happens physically when you smoke.
Rating: B,a,E,S,L,T.
www.thetruth.com/html/index.cfm?id=1 The Truth. This website was a flashy website that gave viewers the option of what topic concerning cigarette smoking they wanted to learn about. It had numerous links to go to as well as facts on the page itself.
Rating: B,a,e,s,l,t
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3004591
Tobacco/Smoking.
This site was dedicated to teaching about how cigarette smoking leads to many other things, such as cancer and other harmful health situations.
Rating: B,A,E,L,S,T
www.notobacco.org/
No Tobacco.
The site was designed to catch the
viewers eye with somewhat flashy information and pictures. I am guessing it was made to attract young adults so that they would learn the harm that smoking will cause. It gives resources and help pages as well as basic information.
Rating: B,A,E,S,L,T
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Adolescent Smoking
Erica Canty, Rachel Caldwell, Amy Daniel, Carolyn Jennings,
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