June 1, 2021

Improving COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Health Literacy and Vaccine Uptake in Patients: Comparison on the Readability of Patient Information Leaflets of Approved COVID-19 Vaccines

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): public health, public health communications, vaccine hesitancy

• Patient-facing information documents for COVID-19 vaccines hosted by regulatory bodies in the US (Food and Drug Administration) and in the United Kingdom (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority) were shown to have a readability score corresponding to a 7th to 8th grade level and an 8th to 9th grade level, respectively, according to the Flesch-Kincaid scale. 

Moore and Millar. (May 2021). Improving COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Health Literacy and Vaccine Uptake in Patients: Comparison on the Readability of Patient Information Leaflets of Approved COVID-19 Vaccines. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpt.13453