Abstract

Our primary goal was to evaluate the usability of a curriculum prototype for improving oral health literacy. We conducted two phases of usability testing on three different target audiences (university students, preK-12 teachers, and parents) by collecting eye tracking data and written feedback from participants after they experienced the digital curriculum under testing conditions. Although a collection of E-Texts will comprise twelve chapters in an online eBook for Oral Health Literacy, our two-phase pilot study describes user interactions and experiences on one E-Text chapter prototype by Amer and Ubbes entitled “Decisions to Keep My Teeth Health and Strong” located as an open source document at https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/new-etexts/03/index.html. Findings are organized by three design principles: multigenre, multisensory, and multidisciplinary. A practical bridge is made between functional literacy and functional health literacy with connections to interactive health literacy.