U of A design professor Gillian Harvey worked with Alberta Health Services’ harm reduction team to create easy-to-understand COVID-19 information resources for substance users, an especially vulnerable group during the pandemic. (Photo: Supplied)

U of A researchers work to make COVID-19 recommendations simple and understandable

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As citizens cope with a barrage of public health information about how to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Alberta researchers are working to make it more accessible and easier to understand.

“All of your functions are impaired in an emergency,” said Gillian Harvey, an assistant professor of design studies and a member of the international Design Network for Emergency Management…..

https://www.folio.ca/u-of-a-researchers-work-to-make-covid-19-recommendations-simple-and-understandable/

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