Readability of online monkeypox patient education materials: Improved recognition of health literacy is needed for dissemination of infectious disease information.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy is key to navigating the current global epidemic of misinformation and inaccuracy relating to healthcare. The American Medical Association (AMA) suggests health information should be written at the level of American sixth grade. With the monkeypox outbreak being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in July 2022, we sought to assess the readability of online patient education materials (PEMs) relating to monkeypox to see if they are at the target level of readability.

Methods

A search was conducted on Google.com using the search term 'Monkeypox'. The top 50 English language webpages with patient education materials (PEMs) relating to monkeypox were compiled and categorised by country of publication and URL domain. Read

SUBMITTER: Frost JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9770025 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature