Women's Health Essay

Women's Health is an online magazine or website that offers health tips targets women of all ages. The site has extensive content health issues that can be grouped into three major categories, which include Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness (Women's Health). Assessing the website and its content reveals important conclusions regarding its content and usability.

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Firstly, the website is not easy to navigate. For instance, it very difficult to find the "About us" page as it placed on the lower margins of the site and opening it one has to pass hundreds of links and slides that keep on unfolding as one scrolls down the page. Further, under the three categories, no subcategories that can guide an individual to a specific area of interest making it difficult to use the website. On the other hand, the site is attractive and appealing as it uses few colors, that is, pink and black while at the same time posting high quality images to support various stories regarding women's health.

Regarding authorship, numerous individuals have contributed to the various stories that have been put forward. However, there credentials have not been highlighted in the respective narratives, and this makes it difficult to determine their credibility for writing about women's health. Further, majority seem to be bloggers who simply provide general and common knowledge advice to women regarding their health. However, the sites affiliation to Nova Sure, an organization dedicate to fighting and providing treatment for women with painful menstrual periods increases its believability on issues relating to reproductive health of women.

The website's date on the website shows 2018, and this shows that it is up to date. Additionally, there are numerous stories that have been posted as recent as April 14, 2018. I feel that that some of the website's content is accurate but lacks credibility in terms of reference to scholarly research. For instance, some of the information is personal experiences that accurately represent a person's perspective on a given issue. However, such information may not accurately the situation of other individuals. For health information to be credible, it is essential to be anchored on scholarly evidence. Such is missing on the online magazine, and thus the accuracy of the information cannot be proven.

I believe that the website has done a commendable job on focusing on the three health areas targeting women. However, the site has provided too much information making it difficult for a person to choose what to read and what not to. I believe that fewer people contributing to the website will be important in ensuring that there is impact that the site owners envision. Further, limiting the number issues addresses in a given day will increase its ease of usage and readability. The illustrations and photographs that have been used are appropriate for each story. One of the important lessons I have gained concerns "Grave's Disease" that Wendy Williams was recently diagnosed with (Miller, 2018). The condition squeezes the muscles behind the eye making it difficult to see and lead a normal life. Until reading it on Women's Health Magazine, I had never heard about it.

Conclusion

Overall, the women's health magazine is attractive and appealing to the eye. However, it has so much information making it difficult to navigate and read its content. I believe that limiting the number of stories published on a daily basis will increase its usability and credibility. Despite its shortcomings, I have learned about Grave's disease that I have never heard about prior to reading in on the site.

References

Miller, K. (2018, February 21). What is graves' disease- And should you be worried about it? Women's Health. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/what-is-graves-disease-and-should-you-be-worried-about-it.

Women's Health. (n.d.). About us. Women's Health. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/about-us/