Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action

Bo Xie^{1

2}, Daqing He³, Tim Mercer^{4

5}, Youfa Wang^{6

7

8}, Dan Wu⁹, Kenneth R Fleischmann², Yan Zhang², Linda H Yoder¹, Keri K Stephens¹⁰, Michael Mackert^{4

11

12}, Min Kyung Lee²

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
² School of Information The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
³ Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA.
⁴ Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
⁶ Global Health Institute Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an China.
⁷ School of Public Health Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an China.
⁸ Department of Nutrition and Health Science, College of Health, Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being Ball State University Muncie Indiana USA.
⁹ School of Information Management Wuhan University Wuhan China.
¹⁰ Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
¹¹ Center for Health Communication, Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
¹² Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.

PMID: 32427189
PMCID: PMC7228248
DOI: 10.1002/asi.24357

Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action

Bo Xie et al. J Assoc Inf Sci Technol. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;71(12):1419-1423.

doi: 10.1002/asi.24357. Epub 2020 Mar 13.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
² School of Information The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
³ Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA.
⁴ Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
⁶ Global Health Institute Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an China.
⁷ School of Public Health Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an China.
⁸ Department of Nutrition and Health Science, College of Health, Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being Ball State University Muncie Indiana USA.
⁹ School of Information Management Wuhan University Wuhan China.
¹⁰ Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
¹¹ Center for Health Communication, Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.
¹² Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA.

PMID: 32427189
PMCID: PMC7228248
DOI: 10.1002/asi.24357

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.

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