Discerning Fact From Fiction: An Assessment of Coronavirus-19 Misinformation Among Patients in Rural Michigan.
Discerning Fact From Fiction: An Assessment of Coronavirus-19 Misinformation Among Patients in Rural Michigan.
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10.7759/cureus.21710
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2022-01
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Ragina N
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作者：
Wang V;Liu SE;Fuller R;Cheng CI;Ragina N
冠状病毒-19错误信息对公共卫生传播工作构成了独特的挑战。在农村社区，新冠肺炎的错误信息没有得到很好的研究。我们调查了密歇根州农村一家初级卫生诊所的258名成年患者从他们的新闻来源以及新冠肺炎的一般知识、认知、公共卫生实践和他们的主要新闻来源中区分新冠肺炎事实和虚构的能力。大多数受访人群能够正确区分可靠的新冠肺炎公共卫生信息和捏造的信息。然而，只有55.4%的参与者报告他们在一定程度上或极有可能接种新冠肺炎疫苗。报道最多的新闻来源是CBS和ABC等电视频道的主流广播。我们的数据支持那些年长的参与者比年轻的参与者更了解情况，更有可能实践安全的公共卫生做法。根据我们的数据，我们提出了在农村社区开展公共卫生运动的战略，例如针对年轻人的有针对性的干预措施，以及利用当地电视台和社区机构传播公共卫生宣传和健康促进。应考虑教育以外的公共卫生干预措施，以缓解新冠肺炎知识与预防行为之间的差距。未来的研究应该调查卫生保健提供者在新冠肺炎与患者沟通中的作用，了解人们对新冠肺炎疫苗接种的犹豫，以及最好地提高农村社区新冠肺炎疫苗接种率的沟通策略。
Coronavirus-19 misinformation poses a unique challenge for public health communication efforts. In rural communities, COVID-19 misinformation is not well studied. We investigate patients’ ability to discriminate COVID-19 fact from fiction from their news sources, as well as general COVID-19 knowledge, perceptions, public health practices, and their primary news sources in 258 adult patients at a primary health clinic in rural Michigan. Most of the population surveyed was able to correctly differentiate reliable COVID-19 public health information from fabricated information. However, only 55.4% of participants reported that they would be somewhat or extremely likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The most reported news source was mainstream broadcast television channels such as CBS and ABC. Our data support those older participants are better informed and more likely to practice safe public health practices than younger participants. Based on our data, we offer strategies for public health campaigns in rural communities, such as targeted interventions towards younger people and utilizing local television stations and community institutions to disseminate public health communications and health promotions. Public health interventions beyond education should be considered to mitigate the gap between COVID-19 knowledge and prevention behaviors. Future studies should investigate the role of health care providers in COVID-19 communication with patients, understanding hesitations toward COVID-19 vaccination, and communication strategies to best increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural communities.
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