Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 M.A. in Information Science, Faculty of Social Science, Razi University, Kermanshsh, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Information Science, Faculty of Social Science, Razi University, Kermanshsh, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: The outbreak of the coronavirus in 2019 and the spread of the disease of COVID-19 led the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic, and the need for reliable and accurate information to deal with this virus and disease became a serious need. Therefore, the importance of health information literacy became more evident than in the past. According to these cases, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between health information literacy and the ability to cope with the infodemic of Covid-19 among the students of Razi University.
Methodology: The current research was carried out using a survey method and the data collection tool was a questionnaire.
Findings: This research was carried out using a survey method and the data collection tool was a questionnaire. The research population consisted of all students of Razi University and the sample size was calculated using Cochran's formula. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Kolmogrov-Smirnov and Pearson correlation),
Conclusion: Individuals with a more suitable and favorable situation in terms of health information literacy level can better face psychological and behavioral crises resulting from infodemic. In fact, health information literacy can act as a shield against infodemics and vaccinate people against it.
Value: Research in the field of the relationship between health information literacy and the ability to face infodemia is unprecedented
Keywords
Zare Gavgani, V. (2020). Infodemic in the global coronavirus crisis. Depiction of Health, 11(1), 1-5. doi: 10.34172/doh.2020.01 [In Persian]
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