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White B, Wilhelm E, Ishizumi A, Abeyesekera S, Pereira A, Yau B, et al.
Arch Public Health . 2024 Jan; 82(1):1. PMID: 38167141
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the field of infodemic management has grown in response to urgent global need. Social listening is the first step in managing the infodemic, and many...
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Briand S, Latinovic L, Yau B, Hess S, Lee J, Nguyen T
Stud Health Technol Inform . 2023 Oct; 309:28-32. PMID: 37869800
The COVID-19 pandemic underlined that communities are key in sharing trusted, timely and relevant information especially during a health emergency where the overabundance of information makes it difficult to make...
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White B, Gombert A, Nguyen T, Yau B, Ishizumi A, Kirchner L, et al.
JMIR Infodemiology . 2023 Jul; 3:e47317. PMID: 37422854
Background: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a need for rapid social understanding to inform infodemic management and response. Although social media analysis platforms have traditionally been designed for...
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Briand S, Hess S, Lee J, Sheridan K, Nguyen T, Yau B
Stud Health Technol Inform . 2023 Jun; 305:394-397. PMID: 37387048
Each epidemic and pandemic is accompanied by an infodemic. The infodemic during the COVID-19 pandemic was unprecedented. Accessing accurate information was difficult and misinformation harmed the pandemic response, the health...
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Briand S, Hess S, Lee J, Sheridan K, Nguyen T, Yau B
Stud Health Technol Inform . 2023 May; 302:83-87. PMID: 37203614
Each epidemic and pandemic is accompanied by an infodemic. The infodemic during the COVID-19 pandemic was unprecedented. Accessing accurate information was difficult and misinformation harmed the pandemic response, the health...
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White B, Ishizumi A, Yau B, Wright A, Lavery L, Nguyen T, et al.
Stud Health Technol Inform . 2023 May; 302:893-894. PMID: 37203525
The COVID-19 infodemic is an overwhelming amount of information that has challenged pandemic communication and epidemic response. WHO has produced weekly infodemic insights reports to identify questions, concerns, information voids...
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Wilhelm E, Ballalai I, Belanger M, Benjamin P, Bertrand-Ferrandis C, Bezbaruah S, et al.
JMIR Infodemiology . 2023 Apr; 3:e44207. PMID: 37012998
Background: An infodemic is excess information, including false or misleading information, that spreads in digital and physical environments during a public health emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by...
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Elkin J, McDowell M, Yau B, Machiri S, Pal S, Briand S, et al.
JMIR Res Protoc . 2023 Mar; 12:e40753. PMID: 36884269
Background: Vaccine hesitancy is one of the many factors impeding efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Exacerbated by the COVID-19 infodemic, misinformation has undermined public trust in vaccination, led to...
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Calleja N, AbdAllah A, Abad N, Ahmed N, Albarracin D, Altieri E, et al.
JMIR Infodemiology . 2021 Oct; 1(1):e30979. PMID: 34604708
Background: An infodemic is an overflow of information of varying quality that surges across digital and physical environments during an acute public health event. It leads to confusion, risk-taking, and...
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Feinberg A, Acuna S, Smith D, Kashin B, Mocon A, Yau B, et al.
Can J Surg . 2021 Feb; 64(1):E69-E75. PMID: 33560737
Background: There has been an increase in opioid usage and opioid-related deaths. Opioids prescribed to surgical patients have similarly increased. The aim of this study was to assess opioid consumption...