Lindars E S, Spickett J T
School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987 Perth, WA, 6845, Australia.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2000;12(1):32-6. doi: 10.1177/101053950001200107.
The information on several environmental public health journal homepages has been assessed for its quality and quantity, using selected key criteria. These criteria included the extent of text available, the ability to search the website, the table of contents free via email, and the presence of hyper-links. A high degree of variability is seen, with services and facilities offered ranging from none to the entire journal available for no fee. The journal homepages that are the most comprehensive are those that are associated with major institutions and hence financed by contributions from their members or public money, i.e. the British Medical Association, the World Health Organisation and the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The journal homepages associated with these institutions offered full text of both current and archived issues as well as additions such as the ability to search other sites, web links, and in some cases hyper-linked references and information on related articles. The provision of text on the Internet should be an essential aim for all journal Homepages, to ensure fast and effective conveyance of information to health professionals.
已使用选定的关键标准对若干环境公共卫生期刊主页上的信息质量和数量进行了评估。这些标准包括可用文本的篇幅、网站搜索功能、通过电子邮件免费获取的目录以及超链接的存在情况。结果发现存在很大差异，所提供的服务和设施从一无所有到整本期刊免费获取不等。最全面的期刊主页是那些与主要机构相关联并因此由其成员捐款或公共资金资助的主页，例如英国医学协会、世界卫生组织和美国国家环境健康科学研究所。与这些机构相关联的期刊主页提供了当期和过刊的全文，以及诸如搜索其他网站的功能、网页链接，在某些情况下还有超链接参考文献和相关文章信息等附加内容。在互联网上提供文本应该是所有期刊主页的一项基本目标，以确保向卫生专业人员快速有效地传递信息。
