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Plain Language Summarization of Environmental Health Research Using Generative AI: Community-Engaged Qualitative

Katherine Wade1,2,3, Lauren B Anderson1,4, Evelyn M Medley5

  • 1Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.

Journal of Medical Internet Research
|May 13, 2026
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Community input refined AI prompts for plain language summaries (PLSs) in environmental health, enhancing accessibility and relevance for affected populations. This approach ensures AI-generated summaries meet community informational needs.

Keywords:
community-based participatory researchenvironmental healthenvironmental justicegenerative AIgenerative artificial intelligencehealth communicationlarge language modelsplain language summariesresearch translation

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health Research
  • Community Engagement
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Plain language summaries (PLSs) are crucial for public accessibility in environmental health.
  • Generative AI can create PLSs, but often lacks local context and cultural relevance.
  • Environmental health research disproportionately affects communities with higher exposure and health risks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and refine community-informed prompts for generating PLSs of environmental health research using generative AI.
  • To enhance the relevance and interpretability of AI-generated summaries for affected communities.

Main Methods:

  • A community-engaged qualitative study was conducted in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • 97 participants from diverse stakeholder groups (youth, faith-based, community advisory board, interns) provided feedback on AI-generated PLSs.
  • Thematic analysis of feedback identified preferred structural, linguistic, and contextual features for AI prompts.

Main Results:

  • Participants preferred PLSs between 300-400 words at a 6th-8th grade reading level.
  • Key preferences included defining terms before findings, using headings/bullets, and explaining environmental justice implications.
  • Community feedback directly informed a refined AI prompt incorporating definitions, findings, introduction, and community implications.

Conclusions:

  • Community-engaged prompt development improves the relevance and interpretability of AI-generated PLSs in environmental health.
  • Incorporating stakeholder perspectives is a replicable strategy for enhancing AI-driven research translation.
  • This approach ensures AI summaries meet the informational needs of communities affected by environmental health issues.