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DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320172210.15102017
Health information on the internet and dengue
Informação sobre saúde na Internet e dengue
Beuy Joob1 Virroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Sanitation Medical Academic Center. Bangkok Thailand. beuyjoob@hotmail.com
2 Hainan Medical University. Hainan China.
Dear Editor,
The publication on dengue by Pereita et al. is very interesting1. The way to control the heath information on dengue as analyzed and described is very interesting. However, there are also issues for further thought. First, to have a system for quality control is important but there should be a way to continuous assure the sustainable quality. How to have a continuous quality improvement of the control system is very important. Second, it is no doubt that the sharing of the internet information can have some problems during transferring data from one to the others. How to verify the final data is the big question for public health practitioner. “How to set and promote a single standardized internet information for local people to access and refer to” should be the steps to further work. An interesting way for promote and control of the information might be the use of internet teleconsulting for letting the local people to communicate and ask the expert and get the correct qualified information2.
References
1. Pereira AF Neto, Paolucci R, Daumas RP, Souza RV. Participatory evaluation of the quality of health information on the internet: the case of dengue sites.
Cien Saude Colet 2017; 22(6):1955-1968.
