Health professionals’ perceptions of fake News

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https://doi.org/10.21680/2446-7286.2023v9n2ID30490

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Introduction: Fake news is the propagation of false news spread intentionally, which seeks to mislead. In health, its repercussions are negative due to consequences that may not generate coping with the health conditions of patients. Objectives: To verify what health professionals understand by fake news and to assess whether health professionals identify fake news when faced with it. Methodology: This is an exploratory, quantitative research, whose participants were health professionals from a medium-sized city in western Paraná, who responded to the online data collection instrument. Data were systematized and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: 169 professionals understand Fake news as misleading information; they keep informed through television news programs; they more often receive fake news via WhatsApp; verify information on trusted sites; understand that fake news brings health risks; they have already served people who believe in fake news; they know that creating and disseminating fake news is a crime and they know how to identify fake news. Conclusions: In view of the infodemic experienced, it is suggested the appropriation of social media for scientific dissemination is committed to health so that society can access reliable information based on scientific evidence.

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Bruna Fatima Sczepanhak, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Licensed and Bachelor in Nursing at the State University of West Paraná (2022). She was a monitor in the disciplines: Human Anatomy (2018), Human Physiology and Biophysics (2019) and Perioperative Nursing (2021). He was a fellow in the scientific initiation program (PIBIC) with the projects: Histomorphometric evaluation of the mesenteric white adipose tissue of male Wistar rats submitted to vagotomy and splenectomy (2019-2020 - CNPq fellow); Integrative Review on Global Mental Health and its application in the Brazilian scenario (2020-2021 - Fundação Araucária scholarship holder); Hospital Assistance to the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Users of Psychoactive Substances in Times of Covid-19 (2021-2022 - Fundação Araucária scholarship holder). She currently works as a nurse at Fundação Hospitalar São Lucas.

Gabriela Zanettin, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Graduated in Bachelor and Degree in Nursing from the State University of West Paraná - Unioeste.

Greice Simara Flesch, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Nurse at the State University of Western Paraná - UNIOESTE (Cascade of Cascavel - PR). Participated in the GerAção Project. He was part of the project Contribution of Unioeste's extension actions in the fight against the new coronavirus pandemic in the west and southwest regions of Paraná.

Kelly Cristine Oliveira, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Nurse at the State University of Western Paraná. Monitor in the discipline of Cytology, Histology and Embryology in 2018. He received a scholarship from Fundação Araucária in the scientific initiation program (PIBIC) with the projects: Vitamin D and Exercise: Effects on the histomorphology of Beige Adipose Tissue in Male Wistar Rats (2019 -2020) and Profile of Multidrug-resistant Microorganisms isolated from critical areas in a University Hospital in Paraná (2020-2021). Currently, she monitors the discipline of Nursing in Childcare, Healthy Children and Adolescents and Hospitalized Children and Adolescents.

Vitória Thomé, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

  Nurse at the State University of Western Paraná. She was a monitor of the discipline of cytology, histology and embryology in the year 2018, in the period 2019-2020, a fellow by CNPq in the scientific initiation program (PIBIC) with the project entitled: The impact of vitamin D supplementation and exercise on adipose tissue beige of obese rats MSG, also, in the period from August 2020 to August 2021, a scholarship holder from Fundação Araucária by PIBIC with the project entitled: Integrative review on the occupational risks of primary health care professionals, I am currently a monitor of the discipline of Nursing and the Critical Patient of the Undergraduate Nursing Course at Unioeste.

Gilson Fernandes da Silva, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Cascavel/PR. Escola Municipal de Saúde Pública.

Doctor student in Biosciences and Health. Manager of the Municipal Public Health School of the Municipal Health Department of Cascavel/PR. Coordinator of the Multiprofessional Residency Committee in Family Health (COREMU). Coordinator and Tutor of the specific axis of Nursing of the Multiprofessional Residency Program in Family Health of the Municipal Health Department of Cascavel. It works in the areas of: Permanent Education in Health (EPS), Health Education, Continuing Education and Public Health Policies.

Solange de Fátima Reis Conterno, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Doctor in Education. Adjunct Professor in the Undergraduate Course in Nursing and in the Postgraduate Course in Biosciences and Health at the Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná-Unioeste.

Alessandra Crystian Engles dos Reis, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Doctor in Science Teaching. Adjunct Professor in the Undergraduate Nursing Course at the State University of West Paraná-Unioeste.

Leda Aparecida Vanelli Nabuco de Gouvêa, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste).

Doctor in Education. Adjunct Professor at the Undergraduate Nursing Course and at the Nursing Management Residency Course at the State University of Western Paraná-Unioeste.

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31-08-2023

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SCZEPANHAK, B. F.; ZANETTIN, G. .; FLESCH, G. S.; OLIVEIRA, K. C.; THOMÉ, V.; RODRIGUES, R. M.; SILVA, G. F. da; CONTERNO, S. de F. R.; REIS, A. C. E. dos; GOUVÊA, L. A. V. N. de . Health professionals’ perceptions of fake News. Revista Ciência Plural, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 2, p. 1–20, 2023. DOI: 10.21680/2446-7286.2023v9n2ID30490. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/rcp/article/view/30490. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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