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Public perceptions of conflicting information surrounding COVID-19: Results from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Flattening the curve: Factors associated with engagement in health protective behaviors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among Black individuals from predominantly low-income backgrounds.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Public health disinformation, conflict, and disease outbreaks: a global narrative integrative review to guide new directions for health diplomacy.Global health action · 2025Review
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- Policy stakeholders' perspectives and use of data, research evidence, and misinformation in three counties in California, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2022.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States-The Growing Problem and Strategies for Management Including Motivational Interviewing.Vaccines · 2025Review
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- A Tale of Two Audiences: Formative Research and Campaign Development for Two Different Latino Audiences, to Improve COVID-19 Prevention Behavior.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Freedom and Anxiety: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Super-ego in the Postmodern Era.Trends in psychology · 2023Article
- The IHI Rochester Report 2022 on Healthcare Informatics Research: Resuming After the CoViD-19.Journal of healthcare informatics research · 2023Article
- Canadian public perceptions and experiences with information during the COVID-19 pandemic: strategies to optimize future risk communications.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Perceptions and tolerance of uncertainty: relationship to trust in COVID-19 health information and vaccine hesitancy.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Parental Decision Making Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines for Children under Age 5: Does Decision Self-Efficacy Play a Role?Vaccines · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Potential Consequences of Exposure to Conflicting Information about Mammography: Results from Nationally-Representative Survey of U.S. Adults.Health communication · 2023Article
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Abstract
Conflicting information surrounding COVID-19 abounds, from disagreement over the effectiveness of face masks in preventing viral transmission to competing claims about the promise of certain treatments. Despite the potential for conflicting information about COVID-19 to produce adverse public health effects, little is known about whether the U.S. public notices this information, and whether certain population subgroups are particularly likely to do so. To address these questions, we fielded a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults in late April 2020 (N = 1,007). Results showed substantial self-reported exposure to conflicting information about COVID-19, with nearly 75% of participants reporting having recently heard such information from health experts, politicians, and/or others. Participants perceived disagreement across a range of COVID-19-related issues, though from politicians more than health experts. Factors including political affiliation, information source use, and personal experience with COVID-19 were associated with perceptions of disagreement. Future research should consider potential cognitive and behavioral consequences of such perceptions.
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