Measuring the burden of infodemics with a research toolkit for connecting information exposure, trust, and health behaviours.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During a public health emergency, accurate and useful information can be drowned out by questions, concerns, information voids, conflicting information, and misinformation. Very few studies connect information exposure and trust to health behaviours, which limits available evidence to inform when and where to act to mitigate the burden of infodemics, especially in low resource settings. This research describes the features of a toolkit that can support studies linking information exposure to health behaviours at the individual level.

Methods

To meet the needs of the research community, we determined the functional and non-functional requirements of a research toolkit that can be used in studies measuring topic-specific information exposure and health behaviours. M

SUBMITTER: Dunn AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10240452 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature