The Impact of Misinformation and Health Literacy on HIV Prevention and Service Usage
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: There are an increasing number of online resources people can use to gain access to information, including for health-related issues, such as for HIV prevention. Trend data show that the way individuals obtain news and information has changed from years past. Health literacy, therefore, is an important skill to ensure adequate understanding of the data available about HIV in the media and online. Unfortunately, the proliferation of misinformation is ubiquitous and may have deleterious effects on individual health behavior, and consequently, the public’s health. This commentary focuses on sources of online misinformation as it relates to HIV and how misinformation impacts seeking health services.
Authors: Renee Garett, Sean D. Young
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: HOPE Social Media Intervention for HIV Testing and Studying Social Networks, Adapting the HOPE Online Support Intervention to Increase MAT Uptake Among OUD Patients, Mining real-time social media big data to monitor HIV: Development and Ethical Issues, Digital Device ID Targeting for Increasing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study, Big Data Digital Outreach and Epidemiology Methods for HIV Care among Communities of Color
OpenAlex ID: W3197532359