As fake news e seus impactos na saúde da sociedade

This article aims to analyze the effects of the COVID-19 infodemic from the perspective of Brazilian health workers regarding the patients, measure the impacts of fake news on health professionals, and verify the perception of health multidisciplinary teams regarding the authorities’ stance. This cross-sectional study is nested in the research “Health Professionals’ Working Conditions in the Brazilian Context of COVID-19”. The nationwide non-probability sampling included 15,132 professionals who worked in the COVID-19 frontline in health institutions of 2,200 Brazilian municipalities. Approximately 91% of respondents believed that fake news is an obstacle in fighting the SARS-CoV-2 virus; 76.1% declared they had seen patients who expressed faith in fake news about COVID-19; 29.3% agreed that the health authorities’ stance about COVID-19 was consistent and enlightening, and 62.6% disagreed about this. The respondents believe that the COVID-19 infodemic confused patients, impaired adherence to PHC measures, and stirred people’s negative behavior vis-à-vis the pandemic. The lack of clarity of the authorities’ stance influenced the COVID-19 infodemic process.

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confidence: 99%

Impacts of the infodemic on COVID-19 for Brazilian health professionals

Freire,

Cunha,

Ximenes Neto

et al. 2023

“…As fakes news passaram a ser consideradas um grave problema de saúde pública 8 . A propagação dentro do campo da saúde resulta na deturpação da ciência, corroborando para que a sociedade duvide das invenções e achados apresentados.…”

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“…As fakes news acerca da COVID-19 que circulam ou circularam na internet apresentam conteúdos diversos, entre os quais o apoio ao uso de medicamentos e de receitas caseiras sem evidências científicas, bem como o desprezo ao cumprimento das medidas de prevenção. Mais recentemente, a propagação de distorções e calúnias sobre as vacinas tem gerado anseios e interferindo de modo significativo na aceitabilidade da vacinação por parte da população, que opta por não se vacinar ou por aderir a tratamentos ineficazes sem comprovação científica que podem trazer sérios riscos à saúde individual e coletiva [8][9][10] .…”

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Desafios da imunização contra COVID-19 na saúde pública: das fake news à hesitação vacinal

Silva

Sousa

Almeida

et al. 2023

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é sintetizar artigos que abordam fake news e hesitação vacinal contra a COVID-19 no contexto de saúde pública. Revisão integrativa que incluiu estudos originais indexados nas bases de dados Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde; Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online; Scopus; Web of Science e Embase, publicados em qualquer idioma, entre 2019 e 2022. A análise crítica foi realizada na forma descritiva, consoante à pergunta de pesquisa e ao objetivo da revisão. Foram selecionados 11 artigos, com predomínio de estudos transversais. Relacionaram-se ao processo de adesão à vacinação: gênero, idade, estado civil, escolaridade, posicionamento político, religião, confiança em autoridades de saúde, percepção de efeitos colaterais e eficácia das vacinas, entre outros. Hesitação e desinformação são os principais entraves para se alcançar a cobertura vacinal em muitos países. Todos os estudos abordam a relação entre baixa intenção de imunização e uso de mídias sociais como fonte de informação sobre o SARS-CoV-2. É necessário aumentar a confiança na segurança e eficácia das vacinas. A melhor compreensão dos benefícios da vacinação para COVID-19 é imprescindível para combater a hesitação e ampliar a adesão vacinal.

“…Fakes news is now considered a major public health problem 8 . The spread of health-related fake news results in the misrepresentation of science, promoting doubt and mistrust about inventions and findings and changing public opinion of disease prevention and protection measures, considerably influencing the health of individuals 9 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fakes news about COVID-19 circulating on the internet includes content supporting the use of medicines and home remedies with no scientific basis and contempt for prevention measures. More recently, the spread of misleading and disinformation about vaccines has generated anxiety and had a significant influence on vaccine acceptance, with many people opting not to get vaccinated or using unproven treatments that can pose a threat to individual and collective health [8][9][10] .…”

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19 vaccination challenges: from fake news to vaccine hesitancy

Silva

Sousa

Almeida

et al. 2023

This article aims to synthesize articles addressing fake news and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the context of public health. We conducted an integrative review of articles published in any language between 2019 and 2022 in journals indexed in the following databases: Latin American and the Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase. A critical analysis was performed, guided by the research question and objective of the review. Eleven articles were selected, the overwhelming majority of which were cross-sectional studies. The main factors related to vaccine take-up highlighted by the studies were gender, age, education level, political leanings, religion, trust in health authorities, and perceptions of side-effects and vaccine efficacy. The main obstacles to attaining optimal vaccination coverage were vaccine hesitancy and disinformation. All studies addressed the relationship between low vaccination intention and the use of social media as a source of information about SARS-CoV-2. It is necessary to build public trust in vaccine safety and efficacy. Promoting a better understanding of the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination is essential to combat vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccine take-up.