Patient Lyme disease websites prioritize science; public health websites prioritize consistent messaging-Comment on 'Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites'

Publication type: 
Journal Article
Publication date: 
2021-03
Journal/Series title: 
Zoonoses Public Health
Abstract: 

A recent article 'Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of
Canadian patient group and government websites' by Journault et al (2020) in Zoonoses and Public Health describes content analysis of three public health and three patient group Lyme disease websites with respect to information on prevention of infection. The (rela- tively few divergent items of information noted between the public healthand patient groups were then classified as correct or incorrect by consultation with two anonymous and non-independent individ- uals identified as 'academic researchers and employees of govern- ment agencies' and described as Lyme disease experts but with no
description of their expertise, qualifications or research interests.