Reichow Brian, Gelbar Nicholas W, Mouradjian Keri, Shefcyk Allison, Smith Isaac C
A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Oct;35(10):2293-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.05.028. Epub 2014 Jun 19.
The Internet often serves as a primary resource for individuals seeking health-related information, and a large and growing number of websites contain information related to developmental disabilities. This paper presents the results of an international evaluation of the characteristics and content of the top 10 ranked results (i.e., not including sponsored results - pay-per-click) returned when one of five terms related to developmental disabilities (i.e., ADHD, autism, down syndrome, learning disability, intellectual disability) was entered into one of six country specific Google online search engines (i.e., Australia (https://www.google.com.au), Canada (https://www.google.ca), Ireland (https://www.google.ie), New Zealand (https://www.google.co.nz), the United Kingdom (https://www.google.co.uk), and the United States (https://www.google.com)) on October 22, 2013. Collectively, we found that international consumers of websites related to developmental disabilities will encounter different websites with differing content and terminology, and should be critical consumers to ensure they locate the information they are seeking.
互联网常常是人们获取健康相关信息的主要资源，大量且数量不断增加的网站包含与发育障碍相关的信息。本文呈现了一项国际评估的结果，该评估针对2013年10月22日在六个国家特定的谷歌在线搜索引擎（即澳大利亚（https://www.google.com.au）、加拿大（https://www.google.ca）、爱尔兰（https://www.google.ie）、新西兰（https://www.google.co.nz）、英国（https://www.google.co.uk）和美国（https://www.google.com））之一中输入与发育障碍相关的五个术语（即注意力缺陷多动障碍、自闭症、唐氏综合征、学习障碍、智力障碍）之一时返回的排名前十的结果（即不包括付费点击广告结果）的特征和内容。总体而言，我们发现，发育障碍相关网站的国际用户会遇到内容和术语各异的不同网站，并且应该成为批判性的用户，以确保找到他们正在寻找的信息。
