The health belief model: How public health can address the misinformation crisis beyond COVID-19

Objectives: This paper proposes an intervention into health misinformation that relies upon the health belief model as a means to bridge the risks associated with health misinformation and the impact on individual health, beyond the current recommendations for fact checking and information literacy....

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Main Authors: Shandell Houlden (Author), Jaigris Hodson (Author), George Veletsianos (Author), Darren Reid (Author), Chris Thompson-Wagner (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Objectives: This paper proposes an intervention into health misinformation that relies upon the health belief model as a means to bridge the risks associated with health misinformation and the impact on individual health, beyond the current recommendations for fact checking and information literacy. Study design: This is a short theoretical paper. Methods: N/A. Results: N/A. Conclusions: Misinformation researchers and public health practitioners and communicators can benefit using the infrastructures afforded by public health offices to mobilize the health belief model as a site for misinformation education.
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10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100151