Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
On the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was one month after Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO declared that we are also fighting an ‘infodem...
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| author | Marina Zaki Declan Devane Thomas Conway Sandra Galvin Nikita Burke Elaine Finucane |
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| description | On the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was one month after Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO declared that we are also fighting an ‘infodemic’. The WHO has described an infodemic as an “over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it”. iHealthFacts.ie is an Irish resource where the public can quickly and easily check the credibility and reliability of health claims circulating on social media. Unreliable claims can lead to poorly informed health choices. iHealthFacts is an initiative that supports the public to think critically about health claims and make well-informed choices. Here, we describe the role iHealthFacts plays in providing reliable information to the public and offer reflections from those involved in launching this initiative during a pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7030cc7bef147f5a5aabc800bf19b7b2022-12-21T18:27:41ZengF1000 Research LtdHRB Open Research2515-48262020-11-01310.12688/hrbopenres.13174.114300Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]Marina Zaki0Declan Devane1Thomas Conway2Sandra Galvin3Nikita Burke4Elaine Finucane5School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IrelandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IrelandHealth Research Board – Clinical Research Facility Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, IrelandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IrelandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IrelandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IrelandOn the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was one month after Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO declared that we are also fighting an ‘infodemic’. The WHO has described an infodemic as an “over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it”. iHealthFacts.ie is an Irish resource where the public can quickly and easily check the credibility and reliability of health claims circulating on social media. Unreliable claims can lead to poorly informed health choices. iHealthFacts is an initiative that supports the public to think critically about health claims and make well-informed choices. Here, we describe the role iHealthFacts plays in providing reliable information to the public and offer reflections from those involved in launching this initiative during a pandemic.https://hrbopenresearch.org/articles/3-81/v1 |
| spellingShingle | Marina Zaki Declan Devane Thomas Conway Sandra Galvin Nikita Burke Elaine Finucane Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] HRB Open Research |
| title | Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full | Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_fullStr | Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_short | Battling the COVID-19 infodemic in an Irish context: the role of iHealthFacts [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_sort | battling the covid 19 infodemic in an irish context the role of ihealthfacts version 1 peer review 2 approved |
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