Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic in the face of ‘‘Infodemic’’: A comparative analysis

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Manijeh kadkhodaei 1
Hamidreza Bahrami 2
Mehraban Hadi Peykani 3
1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Public Manageme, Isfahan (Khorasgan)Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Management, (Naraq)Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naraq, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of public management, Isfahan،(Khorasgan)Branch, Islmic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2023.24717
Abstract
Infodemic Covid-19 is a phenomenon that was introduced by the head of the World Health Organization as a threat to the world at the same time as the virus spread around the world and measures were proposed to control it. However, these actions were not limited due to numerous factors such as "infodemic" which is related to information and false beliefs. What has been discussed in this article is the investigation of the infodemic issue in the covid-19 crisis and the response of China, New Zealand, America, Italy, Egypt and Iran in dealing with it. Information as part of your next public health plan. In the first days of a crisis, public health leaders must provide the public with the information they need to build public trust quickly. Community participation should be considered as part of disaster preparedness, in addition to community response and interaction, and communication approaches should be appropriate to the specific information needs of different communities. Information tracking tools can help to identify such needs and also eliminate false information in a given time.
Keywords
Pandemic
Infodemic
COVID-19
Infodemic management
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 66, Issue 3
September and October 2023