Publication: Promoting health literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for healthcare professionals
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2020
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Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy, at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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Damian, A.J., J.J. Gallo. "Promoting health literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for healthcare professionals." The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 1, no. 3 (2020). DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-027
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The extraordinary spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic is impressive. And, to public health professionals like us, it’s worrying: We know that good information and good health go hand in hand. Knowing what we do about the practice of public health and what the science tells us about how people fall for misinformation, we see promising strategies for intervention in our own field. We therefore call on fellow healthcare professionals to take concerted action against misinformation, and we suggest here one lever our field is perfectly situated to address: health literacy. In this commentary, we propose concrete strategies for colleagues at four levels of practice: in healthcare organizations, community-based partnerships, cross-sector collaborations, and as individual healthcare providers.
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