Preferred Label : 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.;
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).;
Origin ID : D000090462;
UMLS CUI : C5544524;
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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.
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).
