Considerations for adapting digital competencies and training approaches to the public health workforce: an interpretive description of practitioners’ perspectives in Canada

BMC Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025

Abstract Background Widespread digital transformation necessitates developing competencies for public health practice. Given work in 2024 to update Canada’s core competencies, there are opportunities consider competencies. In our previous research, we identified competency and training recommendations within the literature. this study, explored practitioners' experiences perspectives on adapting Canada. Methods Between November December 2023, conducted an interpretive description using four focus groups with 19 practitioners working regional federal authorities across Canada, at least 3 years’ experience current roles technologies We practitioners’ sought their opinions how previously could be adapted context. To generate deep insights of subjective perspectives, analyzed verbatim transcripts Braun Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis. Results three main themes: a) systems must evolve support new competencies; b) strengthen basics before extending towards c) building general options specialization where necessary. Findings emphasized matching workforce system capabilities meaningfully integrating existing curricula. Such integration can change practice ensure better able address contemporary problems. demonstrated specialized programs as resources learning hands-on real-world approaches. Conclusion need integrated, systems-focused approaches cutting curriculum, while creating space roles. Further research is needed understand requirements enacting these

Язык: Английский

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Social histories of public health misinformation and infodemics: case studies of four pandemics

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 24(10), С. e638 - e646

Опубликована: Апрель 20, 2024

Язык: Английский

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A practical agenda for incorporating trust into pandemic preparedness and response

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 102(06), С. 440 - 447

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024

Despite widespread acknowledgement that trust is important in a pandemic, few concrete proposals exist on how to incorporate into preparing for the next health crisis.One reason building rightly perceived as slow and challenging.Although public institutions one another essential countries should plan possibility efforts instil or restore may fail.Incorporating pandemic preparedness means acknowledging polarization, partisanship misinformation persist engaging with communities they currently are, not we would wish them be.This paper presents practical policy agenda incorporating mistrust risk factor response planning.We propose two sets of evidence-based strategies: (i) strategies ensuring already exists community sustained during crisis, such mitigating fatigue by interventions honest transparent sense-making communication; (ii) promoting cooperation where people their governments neighbours, sometimes legitimate, historical reasons.Where there mistrust, responses must rely less coercion more tailoring local policies partnerships leaders help overcome difficulties encounter cooperating guidance.The regular monitoring interpersonal government at national levels way enabling this context-specific planning.

Язык: Английский

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Social media and the response to mpox

Elsevier eBooks, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101 - 113

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Effects of the modern digital information environment on maternal healthcare professionals, the role of midwives and the people in their care: a scoping review (Preprint)

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 27, С. e70108 - e70108

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

Background The digital information environment poses challenges for pregnant women and other people seeking care, as well their midwives health care professionals (HCPs). They can encounter questions, concerns, gaps, misinformation, which influence decisions. Objective This scoping review examines how HCPs are affected by the modern including its effects on they for, implications provision. Methods English-language peer-reviewed literature, published from January 1, 2020, to May 31, 2024, with keywords related midwifery, equity collected analyzed a team of maternal mapped onto patient-centered conceptual model. Results A total 105 studies were ultimately included. Further, 95 papers identified specific issues that clients; 58 specifically highlighted impacting HCPs; 91 topics common voids, or narratives; 57 patient population vulnerability; 75 included mentions solutions recommendations addressing issue around clients HCPs. When Journey Health model, most prominent barrier was access information. Individual-level dominate step knowledge, awareness, belief, more social norms wider engagement appearing at steps intent. Client-specific themes left-hand side model provider-specific right-hand Conclusions Misinformation, unaddressed questions lack high-quality worldwide prevalent barriers affect both patients We individual, provider-level, systems, societal-level strategies be used promote healthier environments.

Язык: Английский

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Assessing Communication Competencies in Canadian MPH Program Curriculum: A Content Analysis of Communication Courses

Public Health Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2025

Objectives: Communication plays a pivotal role in addressing modern and complex public health challenges. Our study assessed the extent to which communication-related course outlines Canadian master of (MPH) programs aligned with national international competency frameworks their coverage communication competencies. Methods: We conducted an environmental scan content analysis MPH courses relevant 2022 2023. used university program websites Google conduct initial searches obtain outlines, supplementing these survey. developed codebook based on competencies pedagogical best practices, capturing variables for competencies, audiences, channels, tools, techniques. Two researchers independently coded outlines. Descriptive statistics evaluated how address Results: obtained 11 offered from 2010 through The focus included varied, (n = 3), knowledge mobilization risk and/or crisis 2) being most common. All broadly related different audiences 11), mobilizing 9), interpreting tailoring facilitating 9) communication. Using technology 4) media 6), mis/disinformation 1), communicating diverse 3) had less alignment. Conclusions: Findings revealed gaps key particularly mis/disinformation, leveraging media, populations, literacy, Ongoing review curriculum would ensure alignment evolving demands.

Язык: Английский

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Untrustworthy AI: Blockchain as Inhibitor to the Propagation of Disinformation

Lecture notes in networks and systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 438 - 453

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Health literacy action framework for health emergencies and infodemics

Information Services & Use, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 43(2), С. 115 - 130

Опубликована: Июль 11, 2023

This paper addresses the critical role of health literacy during COVID-19 infodemic and provides recommendations for decision-makers regarding how can be advanced as an empowering resource to mitigate harmful effects future infodemics. Based on a comprehensive literature review, key areas concerning are identified that help provide strategic response infodemic. A framework systemic capacity policy advice is presented inform guide managing with strategies. The way forward includes emphasizing rights access information broader view build back better in aftermath pandemic. Finally, call action integrate responsiveness into public emergency strategies counter infodemic’s diffusion.

Язык: Английский

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Countering misinformation through psychological inoculation

Advances in experimental social psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 58

Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Ethical Considerations in Infodemic Management: Systematic Scoping Review

JMIR Infodemiology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4, С. e56307 - e56307

Опубликована: Авг. 29, 2024

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.

Язык: Английский

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