Dear all,
Please find below the call for the HBS Session at the WLIC 2022 (Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022).
Best wishes, Octavia
Call by the IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section for WLIC 2022 Program on “Infodemic Management: Strategies for Combatting Health Mis/Dis/Malinformation”, Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022
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This call is an invitation to participate in a one-hour session at the WLIC 2022 in Dublin, Ireland, a panel with 4 speakers who will address Strategies for Combatting Health Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation. Controlling the spread of mis/dis/malinformation is a problem that involves everyone, and we welcome diverse perspectives and encourage submissions that cover practices across different health-related areas and different regions of the world and that highlight successful interventions for improving people's access to and use of quality and accurate health information.
Infodemics occur when rapid flows of information combine with information voids and conflicting or confusing messaging to make it difficult for people to find information and make informed decisions to protect their health and the health of their communities. Librarians play a critical role in improving the information ecosystem and strengthening public health response by ensuring people have access to accurate health information, in a usable format, from a trusted messenger, at the right time to promote healthy and informed decision making.
The COVID-19 epidemic has shown how mis/dis/malinformation can spread quickly, resulting in risk-taking behavior, eroded public trust, and delayed services. Using the World Health Organization's Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics as a reference, we seek proposals that recommend strategies for 1. measuring and monitoring the impact of infodemics during health emergencies, 2. detecting and understanding the spread and impact of infodemics, 3. responding and deploying interventions that protect against the infodemic and mitigate its harmful effects, 4. evaluating infodemic interventions and strengthening the resilience of individuals and communities to infodemics, or 5. promoting the development, adaptation, and application of tools for managing infodemics.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Strategies for listening to community concerns and risks
- Strategies for promoting understanding of risk and health expert advice
- Strategies for building resilience to mis/dis/malinformation
- Strategies for engaging and empowering individuals and communities to take positive action
WLIC will be an in-person international congress with the expectation that all presenters will attend the WLIC in Dublin, pay the registration fee and submit a PowerPoint presentation by July 1, 2022. IFLA will not assume any costs for attendance including the registration fee.
Please submit an abstract of 350-500 words by April 4, 2020, with the following information to Bethany McGowan (bmcgowa@purdue.edu). All submissions will be acknowledged.
Presenter’s Name:
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Institutional affiliation:
Country:
Email address:
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Abstract (350-500 words):
___ I understand that if my presentation is accepted that I will be expected to make this presentation by attending the WLIC in Dublin and will assume all financial responsibilities to do so.
Forwarded by: HIFA profile: Octavia-Luciana Madge is an associate professor of information science at the University of Bucharest. She is an elected member of the European Association for Health Information andLibraries (EAHIL) Council and member of the Standing Committee Health and Biosciences Libraries (HBS) of the International Federation ofLibrary Associations and Institutions (IFLA). She is also a medical doctor, member of the Bucharest College of Physicians and of the Romanian Society of Surgery. Her current research interests include communication in healthcare, knowledge management, health information behaviour, and general surgery. Emailaddress: octavialucianamadge AT yahoo.com
