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Diabetes as Presented Online From Two Different Websites
Diabetes is a common condition which is a form of affliction that pervasive in the U.S. Diabetes is a condition where a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal as a result of the fact that the pancreas is unable to make enough insulin or can't use insulin as well as it should -- thus, causing insulin to be built up in one's blood. Type II diabetes is a condition which is preventable and which adults and children don't have to suffer from, as long as they engage in the proper lifestyle and dietary precautions. At this time, a plethora of websites do exist which seek to explore and educate the general public about issues which are connected to diabetes and ways that individuals and families can protect themselves from having this happen. This is of particular concern because diabetes can cause truly serious health complications such as kidney failure or blindness.
This memo will examine two major websites which are focused on content regarding diabetes. The first website examined will be medicinenet.com -- this is website designed to educate the average person or the general public. The website that this will be compared to is the CDC.gov, which is the official website of the center for disease control, a website which is designed for professional healthcare providers and other leaders within the healthcare community to use to...
While the CDC does have a section on their website where they cover certain baseline levels of information about diabetes for visitors to the site, the bulk of what they do is tailored to people who need specific information about more nuanced issues in connection to diabetes. For example, the medicinenet.com website is designed for anyone who has a high school reading level and over and who has a western cultural background and who belongs to a middle class income level. The CDC website is designed for college-educated professional, many of whom work in the medical field or who have strong interests in the medical field or who need the most up-to-date information about how certain diseases and conditions impact certain parts of the population. Thus, the CDC is designed more for professionals who need specificity about diabetes to assist them in fulfilling objectives or certain tasks about their jobs.
For the medicinenet.com website, there's a strong impression that the secondary audience would be students who need to refresh their knowledge on this condition or who need to obtain…
References
Cdc.gov. (2013). Basics About Diabetes. Retrieved from CDC.gov: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/consumer/learn.htm
Stoppler, M. (2012). Diabetes Mellitus. Retrieved from Medicinenet.com: http://www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_mellitus/article.htm
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