This presentation will offer a model for evaluating health-related social media content for veracity and identify terms such as misinformation and disinformation.

This webinar is Part 3 of the webinar series, Facts or Fakes? Promoting Health Literacy Skills with Your Students

This presentation will offer a model for evaluating health-related social media content for veracity, offer case studies of examples of using the model to debunk fake news, and identify terms such as misinformation and disinformation.

Rapidly evolving evidence and changing guidance, as well as rampant and politicized misinformation and disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic pose challenges for health literacy, including mental health literacy. It is unknown how many students are familiar with these concepts nor how many campus personnel, including college health professionals and mental health providers, are familiar with current techniques and strategies for teaching students about digital health literacy.

Speakers

Joel Breakstone, PhD
Director, Stanford History Education Group
Jevin West, PhD
Associate Professor, Co-founder, Center for an Informed Public, Information School, University of Washington

Intended Audience

  • Administrators 
  • Advanced Practice Clinicians
  • Dietitians/Nutritionists
  • Health Educators
  • Health Information Management Professionals
  • Mental Health Professionals
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians, Physician Assistants
  • Psychiatrists 
  • Students

 

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Date
03/07/2023 12:00 pm

Credit Type
CHES, CME, CNE

Topic
Health Education & Promotion, Public Health

Cost
FREE