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Confronting health misinformation : the U.S. Surgeon General's advisory on building a healthy information environment.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in public health--United States.
- Communication in public health.
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Vaccination--United States.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- Common fallacies--Social aspects--United States.
- Common fallacies.
- Disinformation--Social aspects--United States.
- Disinformation.
- Social media--Influence.
- Social media.
- Health Communication--methods.
- Health Information Management--methods.
- Information Dissemination--methods.
- COVID-19.
- United States.
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Vaccination.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Communication--methods.
- Health Information Management--methods.
- Information Dissemination--methods.
- COVID-19.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : [Office of the Surgeon General], 2021.
- Summary:
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been exposed to a great deal of information: news, public health guidance, fact sheets, infographics, research, opinions, rumors, myths, falsehoods, and more. The World Health Organization and the United Nations have characterized this unprecedented spread of information as an "infodemic." Although health misinformation is not a recent phenomenon, in recent years it has spread at unprecedented speed and scale, especially online. But, together, we have the power to build a healthier information environment where we make more informed decisions about our health and the health of our loved ones and communities. Preventing and addressing health misinformation is a major priority for the Surgeon General. In a new Surgeon General's Advisory, available below, the Surgeon General is warning the American public about the urgent threat of health misinformation and calling for a whole-of-society approach to address health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
- Contents:
- Background
- We can take action. What individuals, families, and communities can do
- What educators and educational institutions can do
- What health professionals and health organizations can do
- What journalists and media organizations can do
- What technology platforms can do
- What researchers and research institutions can do
- What funders and foundations can do
- What governments can do
- Where we go from here.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (Office of the Surgeon General website, viewed July 16, 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 1260313347
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