Non-English Language Resources and Readability of Kidney Transplant Center Websites in the United States

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2134236. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34236.

Authors

Robert Olmeda Barrientos¹, Valeria S M Valbuena², Clare E Jacobson³, Keli S Santos-Parker³, Maia S Anderson², Seth A Waits², Jessica R Santos-Parker³

Affiliations

¹ University of California Riverside School of Medicine.
² Department of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This study examined US kidney transplant center websites for readability and for inclusion of languages other than English.

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Comprehension*
Consumer Health Information / statistics & numerical data*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Internet / statistics & numerical data*
Kidney Transplantation*
Language*
United States

Grants and funding

R01 DK084725/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States