Community-Based Organizations as Effective Partners in the Battle Against Misinformation

Frontiers in Public Health

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Maya Rom Korin¹  Faven Araya²  Muhammed Yassin Idris³  Humberto Brown²  Luz Claudio¹ 

[1] Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai;Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health;Morehouse School of Medicine

关键词: misinformation;    community-based organizations;    health literacy;    social media;    community health;    health communication;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.853736

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for delivering accurate and timely health information to the public (1). However, the public is being increasingly exposed to a barrage of health misinformation amplified by social media (2–4). The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations coined the term “infodemic” to describe this unprecedented spread of health misinformation (5). A recent report by the United States Surgeon General’s Advisory highlighted how the rapid proliferation and decentralization of health information coupled with insufficient communication from trusted sources has led to the public’s increased exposure to health misinformation (6). Health misinformation easily spreads in the current communications environment that includes social media, independent news outlets, and online forums that feed content into algorithms which often prioritize popularity and controversy over accuracy (4, 6, 7).

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