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Misinformation Trends in Australia: Prospective Longitudinal National Survey – Kristen Pickles et al

Misinformation about COVID-19 is common and has been spreading rapidly across the globe through social media platforms and other information systems. Understanding what the public knows about COVID-19 and identifying beliefs based on misinformation can help shape effective public health communications to ensure efforts to reduce viral transmission are not [...]

Tailored public health messages on COVID vital in reaching diverse and disadvantaged populations – Kirsten McCaffery

Many of the groups in the Australian population who are at the greatest risk from COVID-19 – including those with chronic disease – are also the least likely to understand the public health messages aimed at keeping them and the broader community safe from the pandemic. That’s the concerning finding [...]

Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people with hypertension – Carissa Bonner et al (Preprint)

It is unclear how people with hypertension are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic given their increased risk, and whether targeted public health strategies are needed. This retrospective case-control study compared people with hypertension to matched healthy controls during COVID-19 lockdown, to determine whether they have higher risk perceptions, anxiety and [...]

How can we help the community understand and act on COVID-19 advice? HealthChat(ter)

Listen to Dr Carissa Bonner on SoundCloud HealthChat(ter)

Young men more likely to believe coronavirus myths – The Health Report

Listen to Professor Kirsten McCaffery's interview with Dr Norman Swan on ABC Radio National's The Health Report.

Young men are more likely to believe COVID-19 myths. So how do we actually reach them? Carissa Bonner et al

If the media is anything to go by, you’d think people who believe coronavirus myths are white, middle-aged women called Karen. But our new study shows a different picture. We found men and people aged 18-25 are more likely to believe COVID-19 myths. We also found an increase among people from a non-English [...]

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Events

Consumers Health Forum Virtual Summit 2021: Shifting Gears

Australia and New Zealand Consumer Experience and Leadership in Health Summit - 18-19 March 2021 Australasia’s inaugural consumer health summit is going virtual, putting this high impact event in reach of a wider audience within Australia, New Zealand and worldwide. The Consumers Health Forum of Australia announces that the Shifting [...]

Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine

Virtual Conference - 3-5 February 2021 Registration information