Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review
Abstract Background The duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic depends in a large part on individual and societal actions which is influenced by the quality and salience of the information to which they are exposed. Unfortunately, COVID-19 misinformation has proliferated. To date, no systemati...
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| author | Navin Kumar Nathan Walter Kate Nyhan Kaveh Khoshnood Joseph D. Tucker Chris T. Bauch Qinglan Ding S. Mo Jones-Jang Munmun De Choudhury Jason L. Schwartz Orestis Papakyriakopoulos Laura Forastiere |
| author_facet | Navin Kumar Nathan Walter Kate Nyhan Kaveh Khoshnood Joseph D. Tucker Chris T. Bauch Qinglan Ding S. Mo Jones-Jang Munmun De Choudhury Jason L. Schwartz Orestis Papakyriakopoulos Laura Forastiere |
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| description | Abstract Background The duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic depends in a large part on individual and societal actions which is influenced by the quality and salience of the information to which they are exposed. Unfortunately, COVID-19 misinformation has proliferated. To date, no systematic efforts have been made to evaluate interventions that mitigate COVID-19-related misinformation. We plan to conduct a scoping review that seeks to fill several of the gaps in the current knowledge of interventions that mitigate COVID-19-related misinformation. Methods A scoping review focusing on interventions that mitigate COVID-19 misinformation will be conducted. We will search (from January 2020 onwards) MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science Core Collection, Africa-Wide Information, Global Health, WHO Global Literature on Coronavirus Disease Database, WHO Global Index Medicus, and Sociological Abstracts. Gray literature will be identified using Disaster Lit, Google Scholar, Open Science Framework, governmental websites, and preprint servers (e.g., EuropePMC, PsyArXiv, MedRxiv, JMIR Preprints). Study selection will conform to Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual 2020 Methodology for JBI Scoping Reviews. Only English language, original studies will be considered for inclusion. Two reviewers will independently screen all citations, full-text articles, and abstract data. A narrative summary of findings will be conducted. Data analysis will involve quantitative (e.g., frequencies) and qualitative (e.g., content and thematic analysis) methods. Discussion Original research is urgently needed to design interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation. The planned scoping review will help to address this gap. Systematic review registrations Systematic Review Registration: Open Science Framework (osf/io/etw9d). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-833b0fe784ed44e89d1dc9cfda2bb7bd2022-12-22T00:55:47ZengBMCSystematic Reviews2046-40532022-05-011111510.1186/s13643-022-01917-4Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping reviewNavin Kumar0Nathan Walter1Kate Nyhan2Kaveh Khoshnood3Joseph D. Tucker4Chris T. Bauch5Qinglan Ding6S. Mo Jones-Jang7Munmun De Choudhury8Jason L. Schwartz9Orestis Papakyriakopoulos10Laura Forastiere11Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public HealthNorthwestern UniversityHarvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale UniversityDepartment of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public HealthUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Project-ChinaDepartment of Applied Mathematics, University of WaterlooCollege of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue UniversityDepartment of Communications, Boston CollegeSchool of Interactive Computing, Georgia TechDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public HealthCenter for Information Technology Policy, Princeton UniversityDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public HealthAbstract Background The duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic depends in a large part on individual and societal actions which is influenced by the quality and salience of the information to which they are exposed. Unfortunately, COVID-19 misinformation has proliferated. To date, no systematic efforts have been made to evaluate interventions that mitigate COVID-19-related misinformation. We plan to conduct a scoping review that seeks to fill several of the gaps in the current knowledge of interventions that mitigate COVID-19-related misinformation. Methods A scoping review focusing on interventions that mitigate COVID-19 misinformation will be conducted. We will search (from January 2020 onwards) MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science Core Collection, Africa-Wide Information, Global Health, WHO Global Literature on Coronavirus Disease Database, WHO Global Index Medicus, and Sociological Abstracts. Gray literature will be identified using Disaster Lit, Google Scholar, Open Science Framework, governmental websites, and preprint servers (e.g., EuropePMC, PsyArXiv, MedRxiv, JMIR Preprints). Study selection will conform to Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual 2020 Methodology for JBI Scoping Reviews. Only English language, original studies will be considered for inclusion. Two reviewers will independently screen all citations, full-text articles, and abstract data. A narrative summary of findings will be conducted. Data analysis will involve quantitative (e.g., frequencies) and qualitative (e.g., content and thematic analysis) methods. Discussion Original research is urgently needed to design interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation. The planned scoping review will help to address this gap. Systematic review registrations Systematic Review Registration: Open Science Framework (osf/io/etw9d).https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-01917-4COVID-19MisinformationHealthOnlineMitigate |
| spellingShingle | Navin Kumar Nathan Walter Kate Nyhan Kaveh Khoshnood Joseph D. Tucker Chris T. Bauch Qinglan Ding S. Mo Jones-Jang Munmun De Choudhury Jason L. Schwartz Orestis Papakyriakopoulos Laura Forastiere Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review Systematic Reviews COVID-19 Misinformation Health Online Mitigate |
| title | Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_full | Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_short | Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_sort | interventions to mitigate covid 19 misinformation protocol for a scoping review |
| topic | COVID-19 Misinformation Health Online Mitigate |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-01917-4 |
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