ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2015
Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluating a Public Health Information Service According to Users' Socioeconomic Position and Health Status: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Readability of Korean-Language COVID-19 Information from the South Korean National COVID-19 Portal Intended for the General Public: Cross-sectional Infodemiology Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- How have governments supported citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrictions? A comparative analysis of the financial and health support in eleven countries.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Developing Machine Learning and Statistical Tools to Evaluate the Accessibility of Public Health Advice on Infectious Diseases among Vulnerable People.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2021Article
- Health websites on COVID-19: are they readable and credible enough to help public self-care?Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2021Article
- Readability of online COVID-19 health information: a comparison between four English speaking countries.BMC public health · 2020Article
- From research to evidence-informed decision making: a systematic approach.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2018Article
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Abstract
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.
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