Communications in the time of a pandemic: the readability of documents for public consumption.

CONCLUSIONS: Government departments need to consider their audience and monitor readability of the documents they produce to ensure that readers can understand them. Implications for public health: Health communications need to be written at a level appropriate for the targeted population in order to be fit for purpose.
PMID: 33460234 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - January 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ferguson C, Merga M, Winn S Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research