Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe

Public involvement in efforts to control the current Ebola virus disease epidemic requires understandable information. We reviewed the readability of Ebola information from public health agencies in non–Ebola-affected areas. A substantial proportion of citizens would have difficulty understanding ex...

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Autores principales: Castro-Sánchez, Enrique, Spanoudakis, Elpiniki, Holmes, Alison H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141829
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spelling pubmed-44803872015-07-01 Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe Castro-Sánchez, Enrique Spanoudakis, Elpiniki Holmes, Alison H. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Public involvement in efforts to control the current Ebola virus disease epidemic requires understandable information. We reviewed the readability of Ebola information from public health agencies in non–Ebola-affected areas. A substantial proportion of citizens would have difficulty understanding existing information, which would potentially hinder effective health-seeking behaviors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4480387/ /pubmed/26079313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141829 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Castro-Sánchez, Enrique
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Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe
title Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe
title_full Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe
title_fullStr Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe
title_full_unstemmed Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe
title_short Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe
title_sort readability of ebola information on websites of public health agencies, united states, united kingdom, canada, australia, and europe
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141829
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