Communicating accessible messages for food insecure communities in Northern Mozambique: Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 2

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Table I. Evidence-based principles used to design communication accessible material.

Principle	Key evidence
Tool to be used in conversation (not a stand-alone document)	a, b
San serif font	c
Larger font size (size 14 used in this instance for A4 version)	c, d
Use of white space	c, d
Emphasis of key words (achieved through bolding)	c, d
Use of relevant headings (superordinate category) and segmented information	c, d
Use of consistent colour where it adds meaning	c, d
Sentences containing 1 proposition	e
Simple, ‘natural’ (canonical) sentence structure where possible	d, e
Use of high frequency, high imageability words^A	d
Use of informative pictures (consistent style) to illustrate key word / concept^B	c, d
Colour contrast > 4.5 : 1 (for visual accessibility)	f
Created in a format that can be re-used/adjusted by country office staff (without the need for specialist software)	g
Images from creative-commons sources to minimise costs and allow for scalability	g
A4 booklets printed for use in conversation (relational information sharing); A0 poster size for use in communal meetings	g

^ASome exceptions for core vocabulary used in the food assistance response.

^BMixed evidence on illustrations versus photographs, icons were used in this instance.

^aJayes and Palmer (2014); ^bSwinburn et al. (2007); ^cRose et al. (2011); ^dHerbert et al. (2019); ^eFajardo et al. (2014); ^fWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) (2018); ^gcontext-based requirement.

Figure 1. Process followed in development of communication accessible materials. ¹By a speech-language pathologist (speech-language therapist in Ireland and Mozambique), using the principles outlined in Table I. ²Forward and back translated by an accredited translator. ³Forward and back translated by experienced local translators across four minority languages, community checking by users.

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