The Spread Of Health Related Misinformation On Social Media

1. Alyazia Faiz Alnahdi
The Spread Of Health
Related Misinformation on
Social Media

2. Scenario
source: https://irelandhtg.com/articles/5-reasons-youre-waking-up-congested

3. Scenario
source: https://www.itstimetologoff.com/2022/07/18/signs-compulsive-phone-checking-habit/
source: https://irelandhtg.com/articles/5-reasons-youre-waking-up-congested

4. Scenario
source: https://create.vista.com/unlimited/stock-videos/406268508/stock-video-selective-focus-sick-woman-digital-thermometer-mouth-lying-bed/

5. Social Media
Social Media Integration
Impact of Health Misinformation
Governments and Healthcare Intervention
source: https://99designs.com/blog/marketing-advertising/social-media-style-guide/

6. The Problem
False health information is a risk to our
wellbeing.
Those with lower levels of educations, and
some businesses contribute to this problem
(Swire-Thompson & Lazer, 2020).
source: https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2014/06/how-social-media-spreads-
news-and-go-viral-infographic.html

7. Governments, social media, and
medical professionals collaborating to
stop this issue.
Health Care Professionals
& Governments
An instance of how it can undermine
public trust in life-saving measures is
the recent vaccination controversy
(Garett & Young, 2021).
source: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2020/april/coronavirus-conversation-advice-for-health-workers/

8. The need for people to be able to
differentiate between reliable and
unreliable sources.
Webinars, community workshops,
and public awareness campaigns.
Raising Awareness
source: https://eucpn.org/mythbuster-awarenessraising

9. Conclusion
source: https://digitalinclusionkit.org/digital-inclusion-news/just-getting-on-with-it-locally-driven-approaches-to-digital-inclusion/

10. References:
Garett, R., & Young, S. D. (2021, September 16). Online misinformation and vaccine hesitancy.
Translational Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab128
Swire-Thompson, B., & Lazer, D. (2020, April 2). Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges
and Recommendations. Annual Review of Public Health, 41(1), 433–451.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040119-094127
Wu, J. T., & McCormick, J. B. (2018, November 1). Why Health Professionals Should Speak Out Against
False Beliefs on the Internet. AMA Journal of Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2018.1052