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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Infodemiology

Date Submitted: Nov 18, 2021
Open Peer Review Period: Nov 18, 2021 - Jan 13, 2022
Date Accepted: Apr 4, 2022
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Health Literacy, Equity, and Communication in the COVID-19 Era of Misinformation: Emergence of Health Information Professionals in Infodemic Management

Kyabaggu R, Marshall D, Ebuwei P, Ikenyei U

Health Literacy, Equity, and Communication in the COVID-19 Era of Misinformation: Emergence of Health Information Professionals in Infodemic Management

JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(1):e35014

DOI: 10.2196/35014

PMID: 35529308

PMCID: 9066383

Health Literacy, Equity and Communication in the COVID-19 Era of Misinformation: The Emergence of Health Information Professionals in Infodemic Management

  • Ramona Kyabaggu; 
  • Deneice Marshall; 
  • Patience Ebuwei; 
  • Uche Ikenyei

ABSTRACT

The Health Information Management (HIM) field’s contribution to health care delivery is invaluable, especially in a pandemic context where the need for accurate diagnosis will hasten responsive evidence-based decision making. The COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique opportunity to transform the practice of HIM and bring more awareness to the role the frontline workers play behind the scenes safeguarding reliable, comprehensive, accurate and timely health information. This transformation will support future research, utilization management, public health surveillance and forecasting and enable key stakeholders to plan and ensure equitable health care resource allocation, especially for the most vulnerable populations. In this paper, we juxtapose critical health literacy, public policy, and health information management perspectives to understand the COVID-19 infodemic and new opportunities for health information management in infodemiology.


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Please cite as:

Kyabaggu R, Marshall D, Ebuwei P, Ikenyei U

Health Literacy, Equity, and Communication in the COVID-19 Era of Misinformation: Emergence of Health Information Professionals in Infodemic Management

JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(1):e35014

DOI: 10.2196/35014

PMID: 35529308

PMCID: 9066383

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