Sobia Khan|A Asif|Ali Emad Jaffery
Language in a Time of COVID-19: Literacy Bias Ethnic Minorities Face During COVID-19 from Online Information in the UK
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust|University of Bristol|Birmingham City Hospital
investigate readability presence translated online information readily available british public covid19 crosssectional study performed terms coronavirus covid19 lockdown social distancing handwashing furlough scheme sick pay inputted popular search engine google websites categorised source ie government nongovernmental organisation nhs commercial theme ie general covid19 information population practise employment rulings reliable calculators assessing readability simple measure gobbledygook gunning fog index fleschkincaid grade level colemanliau index automated readability index used median scores interquartile range calculator pooled data observed presence accompanying translated material graphic information also counted presented counts percentages number readable websites ie score 8 source theme category also recorded uk internet servers median scores pooled data n 148 shown majority websites unreadable average british reader according calculator used smog 13 gf 68 fk 358 cl 26 ari 40 34 68 pooled websites readily available translated material accompanying graphic material respectively readability covid19 information national standards lack accompanying translated graphicsbased material online may lead amplified level misunderstanding bame populations covid19 pandemic rulings put place