What should be done to combat misinformation about health products?

Therapie. 2023 Nov 10:S0040-5957(23)00180-4. doi: 10.1016/j.therap.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe increasing role of digital technology, social media, the wide range of channels and the volume of information, the role of medicine as a societal subject, public information that is insufficient and poorly suited to situations of uncertainty are all observations which led to the theme of this round table. After discussing the definition of disinformation, which is not limited to fake news, and talking about contributors who misinform, whether intentionally or not, the participants of this round table made nine recommendations (R) to combat disinformation about health products: create a collaborative platform, information/training on health products, a platform with five major characteristics, namely accessibility, flexibility, objectivity, transparency and independence, as well as media suited to the different targets (R1); promote basic knowledge on health products: education/training to restore the particularly poor image of medication, and teach the public how to use basic concepts appropriately (R2); improve communication to the public based on the observation that information is the main weapon against misinformation and entails, in particular, coordinating communication from the different institutions to make public information more audible, making institutional messages clearer, ensuring they are more factual and prioritising them (R3); know how to communic...

Source: Therapie - December 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jo ëlle Micallef Herv é Maisonneuve Sophie Muller Mathieu Molimard Bernard B égaud Sandrine Cabut Mina Daban Milou-Daniel Drici Chantal Gatignol Anne Grumblat Catherine Guaspare-Cartron Bruno Lasserre Adel Mebarki Catherine Pons Fr édérique Prabonnau Source Type: research