March 1, 2021

Assessing the Readability of Covid-19 Testing Messages on the Internet

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): public health, testing

• Only 6 out of the first 50 results using a Google search for “COVID-19 testing” had an appropriate readability score. Of these six, two were deemed appropriate by 3 tests (Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning Fog Index (GFI), and Coleman-Liau Index (CLI)) and four were deemed appropriate by 2 tests (FKGL and GFI). None of the websites had appropriate readability scores on all five assessments. 

Garcia et al. (Feb 27, 2021). Assessing the Readability of Covid-19 Testing Messages on the Internet. Journal of Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-00973-6