Infodemia: uma investigação sobre o impacto do excesso de informação virtual na saúde

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.85724110623

• Palavras-chave: Infodemia, Saúde, Comportamento, Informação, Prevenção

• Keywords: Infodemic, Health, Behavior, Information, Prevention

• Abstract: Infodemic is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an excess of information during an epidemiological crisis. This excess contains both true and reliable information and false or inaccurate information, so that both types compete with each other, especially in the virtual environment, causing confusion and difficulty of discernment among the public. The classic theories that model individual behavior in public health traditionally propose certain aspects of individual behavior that can be affected by exposure to false or inaccurate information. It can therefore be said that the infodemic phenomenon can have a significant negative influence on * Currículo sucinto do autor, com sua vinculação institucional e seu endereço de e-mail.Graduandas do curso de Bacharelado em Farmácia da UNILS. ** ** Biomédica. Docente no Centro Universitário – UNILS. Mestre em Medicina Tropical – UnB. Especialista em Biociências Forenses – PUC/GO. E-mail: [email protected](a) orientador(a) Xxxxx. Breve currículo, incluindo o endereço de e-mail. 4 people's behavior and, consequently, on the efficiency with which the authorities manage epidemiological crises, causing humanitarian and financial damage. This article investigates the key points of the classic and modern models in which the infodemic phenomenon can have the greatest impact, and the possibilities for preventing and combating this type of informational threat.