Close result windowWorld Health Information uses WebScroll® from OmniScroll® to provide visitors with an innovative, user-friendly way to search and access health related information from around the world on the internet.
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Searching for health information
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Minimum operating system and browser requirements
Turning off the clicking sound in Windows
Common problems accessing the website
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When you first visit our web site you can start using it immediately. If you choose to set some user preferences (in 'Your Controls') these preferences will be saved on your hard drive in the form of a "cookie". If you have set your browser preferences to not accept "cookies" your selected preferences will not be saved. You can select the following user preferences:
To navigate our directory you can use your mouse and either 'point and click' on a topic, or use 'mouse-over'. Mouse-over is a term used to describe the action of hovering your pointer over text and as a result automatically selecting the text. The default setting is a fast mouse-over response. Please note that the mouse-over option also includes the click feature. If you select the 'point and click' option though, the mouse-over option will not work.
Another control feature is the option to increase the font size, and screen contrast. This feature is designed to make it easier to view our web site. World Health Information endeavours to comply with section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 accessibility guidelines. You can choose this feature by selecting the "Enhance text size/colors' box in the 'Your Controls' box.
Arrow - When you see an arrow to the right of a topic you can select this topic and get to a next sub-level of information.
'GO' - When you see a GO button you have reached the final topic. To select this topic you have to click on the topic or GO button. This will take you to a results window. One or more results for this topic will be displayed. If you find a result you are interested in you just have to select the link and off you go!
Finding health information
You have three ways to find health information via our website.No 1. The left column. You can start to search our directory by selecting a topic from the left column. Once you select a topic the next column will offer you further choices to select from. When you see an arrow to the right of a topic you can select this topic and get to the next sub-level of information. When you see a 'GO' button you have reached the final topic. To select this topic you have to click on the topic or GO button. This will take you to a results window. One or more results for this topic will be displayed. If you find a result you are interested in you just have to select the link and off you go!
No 2. Use our search box to find matching topics on our database. The results for your search will be displayed in the second column. When you see an arrow to the right of a topic you can select this topic and get to the next sub-level of information. When you see a 'GO' button you have reached the final topic. To select this topic you have to click on the topic or GO button. This will take you to a results window. One or more results for this topic will be displayed. If you find a result you are interested in you just have to select the link and off you go!
No 3. Use the 'Quick Info' buttons provided to the top of the columns. The selected topic will be displayed in the second column. When you see an arrow to the right of a topic you can select this topic and get to the next sub-level of information. When you see a 'GO' button you have reached the final topic. To select this topic you have to click on the topic or GO button. This will take you to a results window. One or more results for this topic will be displayed. If you find a result you are interested in you just have to select the link and off you go!
Accessing health information resultsWhen you see an arrow to the right of a topic you can select this topic and get to a next sub-level of information. When you see a 'GO' button you have reached the final topic. To select this topic you have to click on the topic or GO button. This will take you to a results window. One or more results for this topic will be displayed. If you find a result you are interested in you just have to select the link and off you go! When you have completed reviewing the information you may choose to close the second browser window. This will take you back to our web site results page. Now you can select another link, etc. Alternatively, you can return to the search window by clicking the 'close this window' button, or by clicking/mouse-over of any of the visible topics around the results window.
Returning to search windowWhen you have completed reviewing the information you may choose to close the second browser window. This will take you back to our web site results page. Now you can select another link, etc. Alternatively, you can return to the search window by clicking the 'close this window' button, or by clicking/mouse-over of any of the visible topics around the results window.
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The system will work with all web browsers released since 2005, this includes Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera and Safari. The website is optimised for use on Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and Mac OSX computers. To get best from the directory a newer computer (P4 or above) with 512k RAM is preferred.
The Windows operating system automatically makes a clicking noise whenever an active link is clicked, to turn of this feature please follow the instructions provided here.
The World Health Information website is designed to be simple, fast, and effective. Therefore we have aimed to make navigation easy using standard text links and buttons. If you have problems navigating through the site then the most common reasons are as follows:
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