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Dear Pandemic: Nurses as key partners in fighting the COVID-19 infodemic.
Public Health Nurs. 2021 07; 38(4):603-609.PH

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent proliferation of misinformation have created parallel public health crises. Social media offers a novel platform to amplify evidence-based communication to broader audiences. This paper describes the application of science communication engagement on social media platforms by an interdisciplinary team of female scientists in a campaign called Dear Pandemic. Nurses are trusted professionals trained in therapeutic communication and are central to this effort. The Dear Pandemic campaign now has more than 97,000 followers with international and multilingual impact. Public health strategies to combat misinformation and guide individual behavior via social media show promise, and require further investment to support this novel dissemination of science communication.

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Ritter AZ
National Clinician Scholar Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Aronowitz S
National Clinician Scholar Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Leininger L
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Jones M
Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Dowd JB
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Albrecht S
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Buttenheim AM
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Simanek AM
Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Hale L
Program in Public Health Department of Family, Population, and Preventative Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Kumar A
College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

MeSH

COVID-19CommunicationHumansNursesPandemicsPublic HealthSocial MediaTrust

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

33876450

Citation

Ritter, Ashley Z., et al. "Dear Pandemic: Nurses as Key Partners in Fighting the COVID-19 Infodemic." Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), vol. 38, no. 4, 2021, pp. 603-609.
Ritter AZ, Aronowitz S, Leininger L, et al. Dear Pandemic: Nurses as key partners in fighting the COVID-19 infodemic. Public Health Nurs. 2021;38(4):603-609.
Ritter, A. Z., Aronowitz, S., Leininger, L., Jones, M., Dowd, J. B., Albrecht, S., Buttenheim, A. M., Simanek, A. M., Hale, L., & Kumar, A. (2021). Dear Pandemic: Nurses as key partners in fighting the COVID-19 infodemic. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), 38(4), 603-609. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12903
Ritter AZ, et al. Dear Pandemic: Nurses as Key Partners in Fighting the COVID-19 Infodemic. Public Health Nurs. 2021;38(4):603-609. PubMed PMID: 33876450.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Dear Pandemic: Nurses as key partners in fighting the COVID-19 infodemic. AU - Ritter,Ashley Z, AU - Aronowitz,Shoshana, AU - Leininger,Lindsey, AU - Jones,Malia, AU - Dowd,Jennifer Beam, AU - Albrecht,Sandra, AU - Buttenheim,Alison M, AU - Simanek,Amanda M, AU - Hale,Lauren, AU - Kumar,Aparna, Y1 - 2021/04/20/ PY - 2021/03/12/revised PY - 2021/01/07/received PY - 2021/03/15/accepted PY - 2021/4/21/pubmed PY - 2021/7/16/medline PY - 2021/4/20/entrez KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - infodemiology KW - misinformation KW - science communication KW - social media SP - 603 EP - 609 JF - Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) JO - Public Health Nurs VL - 38 IS - 4 N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent proliferation of misinformation have created parallel public health crises. Social media offers a novel platform to amplify evidence-based communication to broader audiences. This paper describes the application of science communication engagement on social media platforms by an interdisciplinary team of female scientists in a campaign called Dear Pandemic. Nurses are trusted professionals trained in therapeutic communication and are central to this effort. The Dear Pandemic campaign now has more than 97,000 followers with international and multilingual impact. Public health strategies to combat misinformation and guide individual behavior via social media show promise, and require further investment to support this novel dissemination of science communication. SN - 1525-1446 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/33876450/Dear_Pandemic:_Nurses_as_key_partners_in_fighting_the_COVID_19_infodemic_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -