Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action
Bo Xie, Daqing He, Tim Mercer, Youfa Wang, Dan Wu, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Yan Zhang, Linda H. Yoder, Keri K. Stephens, Michael Mackert, Min Kyung Lee
2020Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology200 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF
Abstract
Abstract In this opinion paper, we argue that global health crises are also information crises. Using as an example the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) epidemic, we (a) examine challenges associated with what we term “global information crises”; (b) recommend changes needed for the field of information science to play a leading role in such crises; and (c) propose actionable items for short‐ and long‐term research, education, and practice in information science.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Call to actionAction (physics)Global healthHealth informationSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTerm (time)PandemicPublic relationsPolitical scienceField (mathematics)Information DisseminationMedicineHealth careDiseaseComputer scienceBusinessVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)World Wide WebPure mathematicsMarketingLawPhysicsQuantum mechanicsPathologyMathematicsOutbreakData-Driven Disease SurveillanceMisinformation and Its ImpactsViral Infections and Outbreaks Research