New Senior Health Web Site

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched NIHSeniorHealth.gov <www.nihseniorhealth.gov>, a new talking Web site with formats and topics tailored to the needs of older people. The senior-friendly site takes advantage of techniques developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) designed to encourage older people to use the Internet, and this site in particular, as a resource for the best information on health and medical research.

NIA and NLM brought together researchers who study cognition, NIHSeniorHealth.gov designers and communications experts to fashion a site that is easy for older adults to read, understand, remember and navigate. The site features large print and short, easy-to-read segments of information repeated in a variety of formats, such as open-captioned videos and short quizzes to increase recall.

Information in this article is from <www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/apr2004/senior.htm>

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