A European multi-language initiative to make the general population aware of independent clinical research: the European Communication on Research Awareness Need project

Table 1 European Communication on Research Awareness Needs (ECRAN) materials according to the ECRAN project’s targets

Materials	No. of languages	Main target^c
		General population	Clinicians and researchers	Journalists	Young people
Online database	23	✓	✓	✓
Animated film^a	25	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discover randomised clinical trials: interactive tutorial, FAQs, glossary, leaflet, etc.	6	✓	✓
Serious games	6				✓
Testing Treatments interactive sibling websites^b	9	✓			✓
Website	6	✓	✓	✓	✓
Facebook/Twitter	1	✓	✓	✓	✓
Media section	1			✓

^a23 official European languages, plus Norwegian and Luxembourgish versions
^bEnglish, Croatian, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
^cWhen the material is not addressed to a target, the related box is blank
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