title: Readability of Ebola Information on Websites of Public Health Agencies, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
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.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castro-Sánchez
authors.forename: Elpiniki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spanoudakis
authors.forename: Alison H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D032882:Comprehension; D005060:Europe; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D011634:Public Health; D011932:Reading; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
keywords: Australia; Canada; Ebola; Ebola virus; Europe; United Kingdom; United States; health literacy; information; public; readability; suitability; viruses; websites