印度的Covid-19治愈观念和媒体使用
Areiba Arif1, Rama Mohana R Turaga1
1Public Systems Group, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Journal of communication in healthcare
|June 26, 2023
概括
许多印度人相信未经证实的COVID-19治疗方法,特别是那些接触或信任WhatsApp的人. 促进对科学的信任可以打击错误信息,但政府信息可能无意中传播错误的信仰.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医学上的错误信息.
- 数字健康传播数字健康传播
背景情况:
- 社交媒体平台在全球范围内放大了COVID-19错误信息,印度成为热点.
- 有关COVID-19的"奇迹疗法"的错误信息普遍存在.
- 这项研究调查了印度流行医学传统 (全疗法,顺势疗法,阿育吠陀) 中对COVID-19治疗方法的信仰及其与信息来源的关联.
研究的目的:
- 评估印度不同医学传统中对COVID-19治疗方法的信仰的普遍性.
- 检查接触和信任各种信息来源和这些信仰之间的关系.
- 确定与有关COVID-19治疗方法的正确和不正确信念相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 进行了在线结构化问卷调查.
- 该调查包括2020年8月印度四个主要城市的500名受访者.
- 数据分析探讨了信息来源和对COVID-19治疗方法的信念之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 尽管没有科学治疗方法,但近75%的受访者相信有疗法,顺势疗法或阿育吠陀的COVID-19治疗方法.
- 对WhatsApp的接触和对WhatsApp的信任与有关COVID-19治愈的错误信念有显著的关联 (p=0.001,p=0.014).
- 对科学的信任与正确的信念相关 (p=0.025),而对政府信息的信任显示了培养不正确信念的趋势 (p=0.031).
结论:
- 对科学研究的高度信任可以用来打击印度的COVID-19错误信息.
- 建议采取干预措施,包括数字媒体素养运动和社交媒体监管.
- 政策制定者可以通过宣传活动和平台监管来解决COVID-19错误信息.
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