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

Bo Xie Daqing He Tim MercerYoufa WangDan Wu Kenneth R FleischmannYan ZhangLinda H Yoder Keri K StephensMichael MackertMin Kyung Lee

Published in: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (2020)

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.

Keyphrases

global health
coronavirus disease
public health
health information
healthcare
primary care
sars cov
social media
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
gestational age