Improving health literacy and stakeholder-directed knowledge of One Health through analysis of readability:a cross sectional infodemiology study  

作　　者：John E.Moore Beverley C.Millar 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory for Disinfection and Pathogen Elimination Studies,Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory,Belfast City Hospital,Lisburn Road,Belfast,BT97AD,Northern Ireland,UK [2]School of Medicine,Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences,The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine,Queen's University,97 Lisburn Road,Belfast BT97BL,Northern Ireland,UK [3]School of Biomedical Sciences,Ulster University,Cromore Road,Coleraine,Co.Londonderry,Northern Ireland,BT521SA,UK

出　　处：《Science in One Health》2024年第1期242-248,共7页全健康科学（英文）

摘　　要：Background:The One Health approach involves collaboration across several sectors,including public health,veterinary and environmental sectors in an integrated manner.These sectors may be disparate and unrelated,however to succeed,all stakeholders need to understand what the other stakeholders are communicating.Likewise,it is important that there is public acceptance and support of One Health approaches,which requires effective communication between professional and institutional organisations and the public.To help aid and facilitate such communication,written materials need to be readable by all stakeholders,in order to communicate effectively.There has been an exponential increase in the publication of papers involving One Health,with<5 per year,in the 2000s,to nearly 500 published in 2023.To date,readability of One Health information has not been scrutinised,nor has it been considered as an integral intervention of One Health policy communication.The aim of this study was therefore to examine readability of public-facing One Health information prepared by 24 global organisations.Methods:Readability was calculated using Readable software,to obtain four readability scores[(i)Flesch Reading Ease(FRE),(ii)Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level(FKGL),(iii)Gunning Fog Index and(iv)SMOG Index]and two text metrics[words/sentence,syllables/word]for 100 sources of One Health information,from four categories[One Health public information;PubMed abstracts;Science in One Health(SOH)abstracts(articles);SOH abstracts(reviews)].Results:Readability of One Health information for the public is poor,not reaching readability reference standards.No information was found that had a readability of less than 9th grade(around 14 years old).Mean values for the FRE and FKGL were(19.4±1.4)(target>60)and(15.6±0.3)(target<8),respectively,with mean words per sentence and syllables per word of 20.5 and 2.0,respectively.Abstracts with“One Health”in the title were more difficult to read than those without“One Health”in the title(FRE:P=0.0337;FKGL

关 键 词：One Health READABILITY Health literacy Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 

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