Finding health information online
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain the importance of accurate health information online and explain how to verify health information.
Key learning points
- Understanding how to be healthy is important and can affect our wellbeing and life expectancy.
- There is a large amount of misinformation about how to stay healthy.
- We need to use our verification skills to decide if health information is accurate.
- There are untrue conspiracy theories around health information, some suggesting that vaccines are dangerous (not true).
- Following inaccurate health advice can be harmful and even deadly.
Keywords
Wellbeing - our physical and mental health
Accurate - when something is exact or correct
Misinformation - articles, videos or images that are untrue, designed to confuse or mislead us
Verify - to decide if information is accurate and trustworthy
Vaccine - a medicine that can prevent some diseases and serious illnesses
Common misconception
If a website looks scientific then I can trust the health advice that it gives.
There is a huge amount of misinformation about health online. Some of it is very dangerous and has been linked to deaths. In the UK, the only place we should access health information is the NHS website.
Teacher tip
Model how to find out more about a medical issue using the NHS website. Choose a less serious ailment such as dealing with a cold, to avoid distress for young people worried about their own health or that of a loved one.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the word to the correct definition.
the reason why someone does something
to decide if information is accurate and trustworthy
in this context, looking closely at where information has come from
Q2.Which are effective ways of verifying information online?
Q3.Which of these statements are false?
Q4.What is the definition of 'cross-checking'?
Q5.Making someone feel guilty so that they do what you want them to do is an example of a tactic.
Q6. is a feeling that influences how you respond to a situation or person.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the word with the correct definition.
our physical and mental health
content that is untrue and designed to confuse or mislead us
when something is exact or correct
Q2.How can we verify if health information is accurate?
Q3.Which of these statements are true?
Q4.What is a vaccine?
Q5. theories are ideas that an event or situation is part of a ‘secret plan’ or ‘plot’ by someone else or an organisation.
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