Evaluating CP Web Sites

CPON is committed to evaluating health information for the families of children who have cerebral palsy. Information provided on the Internet is not always supported by reliable scientific evidence. Often, pseudoscience – “false science” – is used to persuade people to accept false information in order to sell treatments that may not be proven to be effective. Examples of pseudoscience are: study results that cannot be reproduced, statements made that are not supported by scientific discoveries, and conclusions that go against what scientists know to be true.  

It is part of CPON’s mission to help provide tools for families to better evaluate health information taken from the Internet. We will provide a list of reviewed sites, forms to help users evaluate other web sites they read, and links to current scientific studies. Web site evaluation will rate sites from 1 through 5 on their authority, accuracy, and usability, and will include a paragraph describing the content of each site. CPON screens each web site as carefully as possible, although information may be updated or links may travel to other web sites we cannot endorse. Therefore, caution is always advised. 

Click here for an example of the evaluation tool that we will be using to review web sites.