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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Castro-Sánchez, Enrique ; Spanoudakis, Elpiniki ; Holmes, Alison H.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Comprehension Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Information Dissemination Internet Public Health Reading
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(7):1217-1219
• Pubmed ID:
  26079313
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4480387
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Australia ; Canada ; Europe ; United Kingdom ; United States
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:15af3abf63f935240ec12489e7fff747ec94a0ead915971df2bd6d9e74a93a45
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31829/cdc_31829_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 325.46 KB ]