Higher readability of institutional websites drives the correct fruition of the abortion pathway: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Italy, abortion services are public: therefore, health Institutions should provide clear and easily readable web-based information. We aimed to 1) assess variation in abortion services utilisation; 2) analyse the readability of institutional websites informing on induced abortion; 3) explore whether easier-to-read institutional websites influenced the correct fruition of abortion services.

Methods

We identified from the 2021 administrative databases of Tuscany all women having an abortion, and-among them-women having an abortion with the certification provided by family counselling centres, following the pathway established by law. We assessed variation in total and certified abortion rates by computing the Systematic Component of Variation. We analysed the rea

SUBMITTER: Ferrari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9635703 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature