Fight Back on Health Misinformation
Frustrated by the plethora of misbegotten opinion and non-facts regarding COVID-19? Here’s a toolkit and training package offered by the Office of the Surgeon General that will help you get solid information to your community. You can find the Addressing Health Misinformation through Community Toolkit here, and the companion Train the Trainer curriculum here.
The toolkit provides guidance to understand, identify and stop the spread of health misinformation in communities. It includes summaries, illustrations, short activities and helpful tips.
You can also view an hour-long webinar on community strategies for combatting health misinformation, featuring Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, plus library, civic, philanthropic and health leaders, here.