Ethical Considerations in Infodemic Management: Systematic Scoping Review

• DOI: 10.2196/56307
• Publication Date: 2024-08-29T15:45:45Z
• Authors: Federico Germani; Giovanni Spitale; Sandra Varaidzo M...; Calvin Wai Loon Ho; Isabella Ballalai; Nikola Biller-And...; Andreas Alois Reis
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Health Information Management; 3605 Health Information Management; 10222 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine; 1706 Computer Science Applications; Humans; 610 Medicine & health; Review; 2719 Health Policy; 2718 Health Informatics

Background During health emergencies, effective infodemic management has become a paramount challenge. A new era marked by rapidly changing information ecosystem, combined with the widespread dissemination of misinformation and disinformation, magnified complexity issue. For measures to be effective, acceptable, trustworthy, robust framework ethical considerations is needed. Objective This systematic scoping review aims identify analyze procedural principles relevant management, ultimately enhancing effectiveness these practices increasing trust in stakeholders performing goal safeguarding public health. Methods The involved comprehensive examination literature related from 2002 2022, drawing publications PubMed, Scopus, Web Science. Policy documents material were included search strategy. Papers screened against inclusion exclusion criteria, core thematic areas systematically identified categorized following PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses) guidelines. We analyzed substantive that crucial guiding actions realms social listening, as well principles. In this review, we consider are extensively deliberated upon literature, such equity, justice, or respect autonomy. However, acknowledge existence relevance practices, which also that, when implemented, enhance efficacy while ensuring Results Drawing 103 publications, yielded several key findings principles, approaches, guidelines practice context management. Community engagement, empowerment through education, inclusivity emerged quality communication listening efforts, fostering trust, emerging theme principle. emphasized significance transparency, privacy, cybersecurity data collection. Conclusions underscores pivotal role ethics bolstering From body it becomes evident serve essential instruments cultivating credibility facilitating medium-term long-term viability approaches.