The health belief model: How public health can address the misinformation crisis beyond COVID-19

The health belief model: How public health can address the misinformation crisis beyond COVID-19

Objectives: This paper proposes an intervention into health misinformation that relies upon the health belief model as a means to bridge the risks associated with health misinformation and the impact on individual health, beyond the current recommendations for fact checking and information literacy....

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Main Authors: Shandell Houlden, Jaigris Hodson, George Veletsianos, Darren Reid, Chris Thompson-Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Public Health in Practice
Subjects:
Misinformation
Health belief model
Public health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000768
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Summary:Objectives: This paper proposes an intervention into health misinformation that relies upon the health belief model as a means to bridge the risks associated with health misinformation and the impact on individual health, beyond the current recommendations for fact checking and information literacy. Study design: This is a short theoretical paper. Methods: N/A. Results: N/A. Conclusions: Misinformation researchers and public health practitioners and communicators can benefit using the infrastructures afforded by public health offices to mobilize the health belief model as a site for misinformation education.
ISSN:2666-5352

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