title: Quality assessment of English and Spanish oral cancer websites.
abstract: Based on the morbidity and mortality due to oral cancer, it is essential that oral cancer information available on the Internet be usable, organized and credible. We evaluated the information quality of 24 English-language and 25 Spanish-language oral cancer websites. English-language sites scored 74.7 out of 100 points on the Information Quality Tool scale, while Spanish-language sites scored 48.8. Developers of oral cancer websites should improve the design, organization and credibility of the information presented.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Center for Dental Informatics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeannie Yuhaniak
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Irwin
authors.forename: Teena
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wali
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: Titus
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schleyer
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000592:standards*; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D007802:Language; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms