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SpunOut aims to provide high quality information in a clear, simple and easy to understand way. We do this by making sure our content is:
Relevant: We work with the appropriate professionals and young people to ensure our factsheets are suitable for our audience.
Reliable: We work with relevant professionals to ensure our content is accurate and reliable. We aim to review our factsheets annually to ensure that the information provided is still up to date.
Readable: Our editor and staff writers have undertaken Plain English training with the National Adult Literacy Agency to ensure that our information is easy to read and easily understood.
How do we approve our fact sheets?
Every factsheet on SpunOut that has a health impact has been vetted by a relevant professional with an expertise in the area. If you're reading a health based factsheet on SpunOut, you can be sure that the information in it has been approved by an expert.
The process
Our editorial advisory panels
SpunOut liaises with several editorial advisory panels, each with a special expertise in a particular area that SpunOut provides information on. These editorial advisory panels each meet twice a year in SpunOut HQ and are in regular communication with SpunOut’s editor via email. If you are a health professional or feel that you would like to help proof our content, please contact editor@spunout.ie