{"id":12883,"date":"2018-07-09T16:23:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/gmr\/?p=12883"},"modified":"2018-07-09T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:24:50","slug":"suspect-before-you-download-that-health-or-wellness-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2018\/07\/suspect-before-you-download-that-health-or-wellness-app\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSPECT Before You Download that Health or Wellness App"},"content":{"rendered":"

While developing content for our public library course Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community<\/a> on health and wellness related apps I decided we need a clever evaluation tool similar to CRAAP for websites<\/a>.\u00a0 Using the criteria I came up with SUSPECT. I hope you find it helpful for all app evaluations!<\/p>\n

Seeking<\/strong> \u2013 Why are you searching for an app? Does this app do something you want or need?
\nUsability<\/strong> \u2013 How is the app designed? Is it easy to use? Do the menus or icons make sense?
\nSecurity<\/strong> \u2013 Do you need to make an account? Does the app share your data with friends? Does the developer share your data or sell it to other third-parties? What is the security policy? Is it easy to find? Is it written in plain language?
\nPrice<\/strong> \u2013 What is the upfront cost of the app? Are there in-app purchases?
\nEvaluation<\/strong> \u2013 Read the reviews for the application, don\u2019t just look at the stars, what are other people saying about the application in their reviews.
\nCreator<\/strong> \u2013 Who developed the application? Is the developer reputable? Do they have a website?
\nTimeliness<\/strong> \u2013 When was the application developed? When was it last updated?<\/span><\/p>\n

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While developing content for our public library course Stand Up for Health: Health and Wellness Services for Your Community on health and wellness related apps I decided we need a clever evaluation tool similar to CRAAP for websites.\u00a0 Using the criteria I came up with SUSPECT. I hope you find it helpful for all app… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[214,215,216],"class_list":["post-12883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-gmr","category-general","tag-app-evaluation","tag-health-apps","tag-wellness-apps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-3lN","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12886,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12883\/revisions\/12886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}