Combating Misinformation with Science Communication - Resource List

• Public Misinformation and Science Communication in Times of Public Health Crises
  https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/68/8/1008/6604372
• The Process of Responding to COVID-19 Misinformation in a Social Media Feed
  https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wk/phh/2023/00000029/00000004/art0 0001 
• Union of Concerned Scientists
  https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/how-stop-disinformation 
• Can you tell which health information is trustworthy?
  Take this quiz: https://www.facingourrisk.org/BOAST/ 
• https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/health-misinformation/index.html 
• Health misinformation is rampant on social media – here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it
  https://theconversation.com/health-misinformation-is-rampant-on-social-media-he res-what-it-does-why-it-spreads-and-what-people-can-do-about-it-217059 
• (Op-Ed) Health Misinformation is Making Us Sick
  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/01/opinion/health-misinformation-is-makin g-us-sick/ 
• Health Misinformation on Social Media and Adolescent Health
  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2812569 
• (TBM article) The call for science communication and public scholarship
  https://academic.oup.com/tbm/article/13/3/156/6918761 
• Rebuilding Public Trust in Science
  https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/rebuilding-public-trust-in-science/ 
• COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Physicians Can Deal With Patients’ Misinformation (JAMA podcast featuring Brian Southwell)
  https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18571804 
• Resources from the Duke University Program on Medical Misinformation
  https://ctsi.duke.edu/medical-misinformation/resources 
• Fundamentals of Science Communication (see five-part video series under “Videos and Resources)
  https://gradschool.duke.edu/scicomm/ 
• How to Help Patients who Encounter Misinformation (for healthcare professionals):
  https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/OQEFAA/ 
• The Debunking Handbook
  https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/handbook/the-debunking-handb ook-2020/

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