Infodemiology and Infoveillance

Question 1

Infodemic

Answer 1

Too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.

Question 2

Misinformation

Answer 2

Information that is false but not created with the intention of causing harm.

Question 3

Disinformation

Answer 3

Information that is false and deliberately created to harm a person, social group, organization, or country.

Question 4

Infodemiology

Answer 4

The science of distribution and determinants of information in an electronic medium, specifically the internet, or in a population, with the ultimate aim to inform public health and public policy.

Question 5

Infoveillance

Answer 5

Using infodemiology data for surveillance purposes.

Question 6

Digital Public Health Surveillance Data

Answer 6

1) Publicly available.
2) User generated.
3) Not captured by traditional surveillance methods.

Question 7

Digital Public Health Surveillance Data Sources

Answer 7

1) Social Media (ex. Twitter, Facebook)
2) Internet Search Engines (ex. Google, Bing)
3) Blogs and Forums (ex. Reddit)
4) News Outlets on Internet
5) Content Sharing Websites (YouTube)
6) Other Websites

Question 8

Infovigil

Answer 8

An open-source infodemiology system developed by the Consumer Health and Public Health Informatics Lab in Toronto. Toolkit and dashboard for researchers and public health officials. Focus on Twitter streams.