Abstract
Despite the increasing use of online health literacy resources, scholars and practitioners assess Web sites based on readability measures such as sentence length, word choice, and other “print-centric” features to the exclusion of features unique to online media. In this article, we offer an alternative approach that accounts for multiple modes of communication and non-linear arrangement—features that characterize online media. To demonstrate this approach, we detail a recent project to redesign a cancer patient web portal. Included in our discussion of the project is a heuristic tool for designing web navigation as well as detailed examples of reworded content.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 293-312 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2 2014 |
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Keywords
- cancer
- design
- Health literacy
- language
- online
- readability
- semantic modeling
- Web portal
- Web site
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
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An Alternative to Print-Centric Design for Online Health Literacy : The Redevelopment of a Cancer Information Portal. / Buchenot, André; Traversa, Ana; Comer, Robert Skipworth; Haggstrom, David.
In: Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, Vol. 18, No. 4, 02.10.2014, p. 293-312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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