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Interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation: protocol for a scoping review.
Navin Kumar1, Nathan Walter2, Kate Nyhan3,4
1Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. navin.kumar@yale.edu.
Systematic Reviews
|May 31, 2022
Summary
This scoping review will identify and evaluate interventions designed to combat COVID-19 misinformation. Understanding effective strategies is crucial for mitigating the pandemic's impact through informed public action.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Information Science
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- COVID-19 misinformation has significantly impacted pandemic outcomes.
- Individual and societal actions, crucial for pandemic control, are influenced by information quality.
- No systematic evaluations of interventions to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation currently exist.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review of interventions aimed at mitigating COVID-19 misinformation.
- To identify and synthesize existing research on strategies to combat health misinformation during the pandemic.
- To address critical knowledge gaps regarding effective misinformation mitigation techniques.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive scoping review will be performed, searching multiple databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, etc.) and gray literature sources from January 2020 onwards.
- Study selection will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews, including independent screening by two reviewers.
- Data analysis will employ both quantitative (frequencies) and qualitative (content and thematic analysis) methods for a narrative summary of findings.
Main Results:
- This section is to be populated upon completion of the review.
Conclusions:
- Original research is urgently needed to develop effective interventions against COVID-19 misinformation.
- The planned scoping review will provide a foundational understanding of current interventions, guiding future research and public health strategies.
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