Public Health 103-01 (Ramírez, Spring 2025)

Health Communication

Web Searching Strategies

Start simple. Use the most important words. Add terms as you go.
- obesity prevention
- reduce obesity promote health
- plan reduce obesity
Use quotation marks for phrases. Google does pay attention to these.
- "health communication plan"
Limit to a specific domain or site. .edu, .gov
- "car seat" site:.gov (so you don't bring up Toys R Us)
- "college students" site:.https://www.sleepassociation.org/
Use OR to find web page that use at least one of you terms/phrases.
- "health communication" OR "health education"
Find a related site, similar to one you already know and love.
- related:healthypeople.gov