An anti-infodemic virtual center for the Americas

Brooks, Ian; D’Agostino, Marcelo; Marti, Myrna; McDowell, Kate; Mejia, Felipe Medina; Betancourt-Cravioto, Miguel; Gatzke, Lisa; Hicks, Elaine R.; Kyser, Rebecca; Leicht, Kevin T.; Santos, Eliane Pereira dos; Saw, Jessica J.; Tomio, Ailín; Saiso, Sebastián García

doi:10.26633/rpsp.2023.5

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“…Since 2020, WHO has formally trained over 1300 infodemic managers from 142 countries [ 8 ], with an additional 6500 certified completions of the online OpenWHO infodemic management course to February 2023 [ 9 ]. Other organizations are building capacity at global, national and sub-national levels, and infodemic response teams have been established in many settings including Germany [ 10 ], Ghana [ 11 ], New York City [ 12 ], Finland [ 13 ], Indonesia [ 14 ] and through the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance [ 15 ], and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization[ 16 ], amongst others. The infodemic has required workforce capacity building and training, at a time that many in the health workforce and emergency response were already managing multiple roles, new tasks, as well as unpreceded personal and professional challenges.…”

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Informing social media analysis for public health: a cross-sectional survey of professionals

White,

Wilhelm,

Ishizumi

et al. 2024

Arch Public Health

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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 organizations and health systems have implemented processes. Social media analysis tools have traditionally been developed for commercial purposes, rather than public health, and little is known of the experiences and needs of those professionals using them for infodemic management. Methods We developed a cross sectional survey and distributed through global infodemic management networks between December 2022 and February 2023. Questions were structured over four sections related to work-practice and user needs and did not collect any personal details from participants. Descriptive analysis was conducted on the study results. Qualitative analysis was used to categorise and understand answers to open-text questions. Results There were 417 participants, 162/417 who completed all survey questions, and 255/417 who completed some, all responses are included in analysis. Respondents came from all global regions and a variety of workplaces. Participants had an average of 4.4 years’ experience in the analysis of social media for public health. COVID-19 was the most common health issue people had conducted social media analysis for. Results reveal a range of training, technical capacity, and support needs. Conclusions This paper is the first we are aware of to seek and describe the needs of those using social media analysis platforms for public health purposes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are key areas for future work and research, including addressing the training, capacity building and leadership needs of those working in this space, and the need to facilitate easier access to better platforms for performing social media analysis.

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Informing social media analysis for public health: a cross-sectional survey of professionals

White,

Wilhelm,

Ishizumi

et al. 2024

Arch Public Health

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“…Since 2020, WHO has formally trained 1,328 infodemic managers from 142 countries [8], with an additional 6500 certified completions of the online OpenWHO infodemic management course to February 2023 [9]. Other organizations are building capacity at global, national and subnational levels, and infodemic response teams have been established in many settings including Germany [10], Ghana [11], New York City [12], Finland [13], Indonesia [14] and through the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance [15], and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization [16], amongst others. The infodemic has required workforce capacity building and training, at a time that many in the health workforce and emergency response were already managing multiple roles, new tasks, as well as unpreceded personal and professional challenges.…”

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confidence: 99%

Informing social media analysis for public health: A cross-sectional survey of professionals

White

Wilhelm

Ishizumi

et al. 2023

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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 organizations and health systems have implemented processes. Social media analysis tools have traditionally been developed for commercial purposes, rather than public health, and little is known of the experiences and needs of those professionals using them for infodemic management. Methods We developed a cross sectional survey and distributed through global infodemic management networks between December 2022 and February 2023. Questions were structured over four sections related to work-practice and user needs and did not collect any personal details from participants. Descriptive analysis was conducted on the study results. Qualitative analysis was used to categorise and understand answers to open-text questions. Results There were 417 participants, 162/417 who completed all survey questions, and 255/417 who completed some, all responses are included in analysis. Respondents came from all global regions and a variety of workplaces. Participants had an average of 4.4 years’ experience in the analysis of social media for public health. COVID-19 was the most common health issue people had conducted social media analysis for. Results reveal a range of training, technical capacity, and support needs of those working in social media analysis for public health. Discussion These results reveal gaps in training and a need to increase capacity building, and leadership for those working in this space. They also highlight gaps in technical and public health capability of social media analysis platforms. There is a need for easier access to better platforms with technical capacity developed with public health professionals. Conclusion This paper is the first we are aware of to seek and describe the needs of those using social media analysis platforms for public health purposes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are key areas for future work and research, including addressing the training, capacity building and leadership needs of those working in this space, and the need to facilitate easier access to better platforms for performing social media analysis.

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“…Esta modalidad también fue esencial para capacitar al personal de salud en el aprendizaje de las herramientas necesarias para afrontar la emergencia y, de manera simultánea, para formar a los equipos docentes en la enseñanza remota. Esta experiencia generó nuevos debates educativos acerca de los modelos de enseñanza vigentes, la infodemia ( 4 ), las capacidades institucionales y los problemas de equidad ( 5 ). Al mismo tiempo, jerarquizó a la virtualidad y su potencial para la formación de la fuerza laboral en salud.…”

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Fortalecimiento del liderazgo para la gestión educativa en las Américas: una estrategia de investigación-acción

Listovsky,

Duré,

Reboiras

et al. 2024

Revista Panamericana De Salud Pública

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La formación de recursos humanos en salud es una preocupación recurrente. El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública (CVSP) es la plataforma educativa de la Organización Panamericana de Salud (OPS) que busca mejorar la accesibilidad a la educación en salud pública, con énfasis en la formación en liderazgo educativo orientado a planificar, implementar y evaluar políticas y acciones educativas. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar los resultados de una consulta a personas expertas sobre el curso virtual “Liderazgo para la Gestión Educativa en Organizaciones de Salud”, como parte de una estrategia de fortalecimiento de las capacidades de liderazgo para la gestión educativa en las Américas propuesta por el CVPS/OPS. Se realizó un estudio cualitativo de investigación-acción, con una metodología Delphi de dos iteraciones de consultas, una virtual y una presencial, a expertos en gestión educativa en organizaciones de salud. Los resultados muestran la relevancia que adquieren ocho dimensiones de análisis: el perfil de los destinatarios, las competencias, el enfoque y los contenidos, las actividades, la evaluación del y para el aprendizaje, la adaptabilidad, la implementación y el seguimiento durante y poscurso. La participación de actores de diferentes ámbitos geopolíticos en el diseño e implementación de una propuesta educativa regional promueve la transformación del contexto de aplicación y mejora su potencial adopción. Se destaca el lugar estratégico del curso como catalizador en la conformación y la consolidación de una red integrada de organizaciones para fortalecer el liderazgo educativo en las Américas, y la conveniencia de la estrategia metodológica empleada para mejorar la calidad de la formación de recursos humanos en salud.

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An anti-infodemic virtual center for the Americas

Cited by 5 publications

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Informing social media analysis for public health: a cross-sectional survey of professionals

Informing social media analysis for public health: a cross-sectional survey of professionals

Informing social media analysis for public health: A cross-sectional survey of professionals

Fortalecimiento del liderazgo para la gestión educativa en las Américas: una estrategia de investigación-acción

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