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....
Main Authors: | Shandell Houlden, Jaigris Hodson, George Veletsianos, Darren Reid, Chris Thompson-Wagner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | Public Health in Practice |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000768 |
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