Preferred Label : Infodemiology;
Définition CISMeF : Infodemiology, as defined by Gunther Eysenbach in the early 2000s, is an area of science
research focused on scanning the internet for user-contributed health-related content,
with the ultimate goal of improving public health. It is also defined as the science
of mitigating public health problems resulting from an infodemic (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infodemiology).;
MeSH definition : The study of determinants and distribution of health information and misinformation
in electronic media to inform public heath and public policy in the prevention, detection,
and management of INFODEMICS.;
Origin ID : 10050;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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Infodemiology, as defined by Gunther Eysenbach in the early 2000s, is an area of science
research focused on scanning the internet for user-contributed health-related content,
with the ultimate goal of improving public health. It is also defined as the science
of mitigating public health problems resulting from an infodemic (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infodemiology).
The study of determinants and distribution of health information and misinformation
in electronic media to inform public heath and public policy in the prevention, detection,
and management of INFODEMICS.
