Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information
Social media platforms have become valuable tools that can be used to improve professional education, patient care and education, promote health habits, and public health programs. In this article, we will explore the phenomenon of health misinformation, its impact on society, and the steps we can t...
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| author | Surya Kant Tiwari Saumya Prakash Srivastava Bhavna Rani Soni Chauhan |
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| description | Social media platforms have become valuable tools that can be used to improve professional education, patient care and education, promote health habits, and public health programs. In this article, we will explore the phenomenon of health misinformation, its impact on society, and the steps we can take to address and combat it. We will discuss the impact of health-related misinformation on individuals, policymakers, health-care professionals, educators, journalists, and technology platforms. In particular, we discuss the role of technology platforms in combating the spread of misinformation. In addition, we highlight the importance of promoting information literacy, engaging trusted messengers, strengthening media practices, enhancing technology’s platforms’ role, fostering research efforts, encouraging public–private partnerships, empowering health-care professionals, prioritizing health education, and raising public awareness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3e615c336b444d9b99511c12e85337342025-01-07T05:05:32ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences2321-48482321-60852024-12-0112343243510.4103/amhs.amhs_314_23Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable InformationSurya Kant TiwariSaumya Prakash SrivastavaBhavna RaniSoni ChauhanSocial media platforms have become valuable tools that can be used to improve professional education, patient care and education, promote health habits, and public health programs. In this article, we will explore the phenomenon of health misinformation, its impact on society, and the steps we can take to address and combat it. We will discuss the impact of health-related misinformation on individuals, policymakers, health-care professionals, educators, journalists, and technology platforms. In particular, we discuss the role of technology platforms in combating the spread of misinformation. In addition, we highlight the importance of promoting information literacy, engaging trusted messengers, strengthening media practices, enhancing technology’s platforms’ role, fostering research efforts, encouraging public–private partnerships, empowering health-care professionals, prioritizing health education, and raising public awareness.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_314_23communicationeducationhealth promotioninformation literacypatient careprofessionalpublic healthsocial mediatechnology |
| spellingShingle | Surya Kant Tiwari Saumya Prakash Srivastava Bhavna Rani Soni Chauhan Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences communication education health promotion information literacy patient care professional public health social media technology |
| title | Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information |
| title_full | Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information |
| title_fullStr | Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information |
| title_short | Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information |
| title_sort | addressing health misinformation promoting accurate and reliable information |
| topic | communication education health promotion information literacy patient care professional public health social media technology |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_314_23 |
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