Although significant effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in these materials, neither the authors nor any other parties make any presentations or warranties (express, implied or statutory) as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of such information.

In no event will the authors or any other parties be responsible or liable for any errors or any consequences arising from the use of the information in these materials. The information provided in these materials is not a substitue for clinical judgment or clinical advise.

Permission is granted for the reproduction of these materials solely for non-commercial and educational purposes, no part of this web site may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of Alberta Health Services.

Selection Criteria for Web site links

These links are provided as reference to help you locate other internet resources. Please note that these other web sites were independently created by other parties and the Alberta Perinatal Health Program does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of information contained in these other web sites. Readers should use their own critical appraisal skills to judge the quality of the information they find on these web sites.

The sites included in this section generally follow this selection criteria¹:

1. Authority and Reliability – developed by non-profit agencies such as government funded organizations and universities.
2. Currency – updated regularly
3. Applicability – contains valuable information for perinatal health care providers
4. Validity – Health technology and evidence based health sources generally follow accepted methods for ensuring the comprehensiveness, transparency and reliability methods used in their systematic reviews
5. Usability – most sites are fairly easy to navigate and search

Collection of personal information

The Alberta Perinatal Health Program respects the privacy and anonymity of its users. We do not use cookies. The information (names, email address or any other contact information) provided to us voluntarily by our visitors in their communications with us is securely stored and not shared with any third party². This information is used by the Alberta Perinatal Health Program for communications related to the program and activities specific to perinatal care.

¹ Adopted from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Health Technology Assessment website http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/

² Adopted from the Health on the Net Foundation privacy policy