Online Interventions Addressing Health Misinformation: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Misinformation in health and health care contexts threatens public health by undermining initiatives, spreading dangerous behaviors, and influencing decision-making. Given its reach on online platforms and social media, there is growing demand for interventions addressing misinformation. Literature highlights the importance of theoretical underpinnings (frameworks and models) to guide the development of educational interventions targeting both the features of misinformation and the human traits that increase susceptibility.

Objective

This review examines literature on online interventions targeting health misinformation to mitigate adverse public health impacts. It explores intervention types, population demographics, susceptibility-related human attributes, and m

SUBMITTER: Grover H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447009 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature