Document Type : مقاله مروری نظام مند
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Medical Library and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 PhD candidate,Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Assistant professor, Department of Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
4 Associate professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Literature and Human Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: The rapid and widespread dissemination of various types of misinformation in the field of health and on social media and online platforms has led to the emergence of health information disorders, which has brought serious threats to society. The aim of this studty is to identify actions and strategies necessary to deal with health information disorders in published literatures.
Methods: The present study conducted using scoping review and searching keywords related to health information disorders in electronic databases of Web of Science, Scopus, Pubmed, Proquest, and Embase to realize the goal of identifying actions, strategies and solutions to deal with heath information disorders.
Results: After studying the content of the articles and extracting the data, the actions and solutions were identified and categorized to the health information disorders. These actions were categorized into five main themes, including verification and evaluating, provision and access to valid information sources, control and supervision.
Conclusion: Health policy makers’ attention to these actions and strategies is expected to provide a pathway to prevent and deal with the health information disorders and to raise public awareness of future public health crises.
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