Health On The Net Foundation (HON) Certification
Addiction Center is excited to announce that we’ve been certified through the Health on the Net Foundation! We’ve worked hard from day 1 to ensure the quality and accuracy of our content, and we’re honored to be recognized by HON as a source of authority in the addiction space.
The HONcode certification is an ethical standard aimed at offering quality health information.
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HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to ensure the quality of medical information on the web. HON exists to help both patient and medical professional by using the internet to facilitate quick dissemination of important medical news, data, and resources. They have a list of ethical principles that every site they certify is carefully reviewed for and must comply with.
HONcode Principles
In order to be accepted for inclusion on the HON site, every organization they review must meet 8 standards of quality and reputability. These include:
- Authoritative
- Complementarity
- Privacy
- Attribution
- Justifiability
- Transparency
- Financial Disclosure
- Advertising Policy
Addiction Center’s Promise To You
Our promise to you is that we will constantly be reviewing and improving our information and resources to give you the most accurate, up-to-date understanding of addiction and recovery available.
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Jeffrey Juergens
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Jeffrey Juergens earned his Bachelor’s and Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. Jeffrey’s desire to help others led him to focus on economic and social development and policy making. After graduation, he decided to pursue his passion of writing and editing. Jeffrey’s mission is to educate and inform the public on addiction issues and help those in need of treatment find the best option for them.
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