HLTH 310 Chapter 9
Which of the following is not an example of a popular press publication?
New York Times newspaper
A handbook is an example of what type of data source?
Popular press publication
Because of the increasing availability of documents on the Internet, the U.S. government has
Shifted away from issuing paper copies of materials.
According to the chapter, which of these would not be a good area to consider when evaluating information on the Internet?
Site
Health Education and Behavior is the official publication of
Society for Public Health Education, Inc.
A clear description of the study's design and location is important to note when critically reading a research article.
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A refereed journal features material read by a panel of experts.
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Assessing the qualifications of the author is an important part of determining the accuracy of an article.
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CINAHL is an electronic database primarily for nurses.
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Date of authorship or posting is a critical piece of information when evaluating Internet information.
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Documentation and facts are two areas to consider when evaluating a source on the Internet.
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Government publications include court decisions, congressional records, and information on critical health issues such as obesity.
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Indexes and abstracts are migrating to online or electronic formats due, in part, to the high cost of printing.
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Indexes provide links to articles from many refereed journals, books, and research reports.
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Methodology should always be part of a research article.
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Mozilla Firefox is the name of a Web browser.
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On an organization's homepage, any word or phrase that turns the cursor into a hand should indicate that the word is a link to another site.
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Ovid Healthstar contains citations of the published literature in health services, technology, administration, health policy, health economics, and research.
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People today spend a great deal of time gathering information about health topics such as diet, exercise, and stress management.
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Primary sources of information are published studies or eyewitness accounts written by the people who conducted the experiment or observed the event.
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Results and discussion are parts of nearly every research article.
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Some of the best information on research related to worksite health promotion can be found in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
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The CINAHL database focuses on nursing literature.
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The Global Journal for Health Education and Promotion features articles on nearly every aspect of health education.
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The Internet is a network of computers linked together around the world.
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The World Wide Web is an interactive information delivery service that includes a repository of resources about almost any subject imaginable.
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The increasing demand by the public for accurate health information has created added responsibility for the health education specialist.
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The value of abstracts is that they allow the user to decide whether an article has information worth pursuing.
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Web addresses are known as URLs.
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When evaluating the accuracy of non-research-based sources, the following statement is important to consider: New information is newsworthy but may not be valid.
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Yahoo and Bing are examples of search engines.
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A person wanting to find health information from a journal that focuses on ethical and moral topics would look in
The Hastings Center Report.
Which information is not included in the methodology section in a research article?
The statistical analyses
Which of the following is not an electronic database?
WELLNESSLINE
Which of the following is not a question to ask when critically reading a research article?
Were the goals/aims of the study consistent with other studies
A refereed journal is one that
features articles that have been read and recommended by a panel of experts.
Electronic databases usually
help link search terms together for ease of narrowing a search.
Which of the following is a valid URL for the government organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
http://www.cdc.gov
The entire text of primary research articles is most often found in
journals.
Refereed/peer-reviewed journals that are only published in electronic format are referred to as
open access journals.
A source that is written by people who were eyewitnesses to an event is a
primary source.
The focus of the journal Health Education Research is to
publish articles concerning health promotion program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Information that has been distilled and collected from primary and secondary sources is a/an
tertiary source.
Today's health education specialists are of increased need because
there is an increasing demand by the public for information.
A national nonprofit organization like the American Diabetes Association would have a URL that would end in
.org.
What is ScienceDirect?
A full-text scientific database
Which of these is not usually a component of a research article?
An editorial commentary
Which of the following is not an area covered by the electronic database CINAHL?
Dentistry
Abstracts typically are two to three pages in length and provide a fairly detailed review of a research article.
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An abstract is the part of a research article that is difficult to interpret.
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Due to security concerns, the U.S. government is putting more Internet restrictions on the quantity of documents appearing online.
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In a research article, the methodology section describes the results of the study.
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Open access journal is another term for popular press publications.
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Popular press publications are almost always guaranteed to contain authentic and accurate information.
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ScienceDirect is a CDC reference center.
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Secondary sources are often written by individuals who were eyewitnesses to an event.
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Secondary sources of information are published studies written by the people who conducted the experiment.
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Summaries are book volumes that include short abstracts of research studies that have appeared in other journals.
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The American Journal of Health Education is published by the American Public Health Association.
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The Journal of School Health publishes articles of interest mainly to middle school and high school teachers.
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The full-text of a primary research article would most likely be found in a complete index.
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The statistical analysis of a research study is found in the methodology section of the article.
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According to the authors, which of the following is not an important area to consider when evaluating information retrieved on the Internet?
Goals/aims of the site
Which of the following is not a question that can be used to assist in evaluating the accuracy of non-research-based sources?
How often have consumers visited this site?
Global Health Promotion is the official publication of the
International Union for Health Promotion and Education.
The electronic database that covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and preclinical sciences is
MEDLINE.
