This involves correcting the misinformation publicly by commenting on a post. They will support their correction with references as well. 

Public Rebuttal from Health Professionals

This involves reaching out to the user privately and correcting the claim, while providing reputable sources to support the correction. 

Private Rebuttal from Health Professionals

This correction method involves posting a correction to misinformation publicly on social media. This allows health professionals to preemptively correct misinformation, rather than responding to every single piece of heath misinformation they encounter online. 

Public Priming from Health Professionals

This correction method involves posting correct health information and making it available to a small group of people. This method has a more limited scope, and it is used mostly to prevent one's close friends or family from spreading misinformation.

Private Priming from Health Professionals

Health professionals can either correct the misinformation publicly or privately. They also have the choice to correct it via priming or via rebuttal. 

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Reflecting involves trying to understand why the user is posting misinformation. This allows them to address the misconception if the spread is unintentional, and craft a more compelling response. 

Health Professionals' Steps for Preparing to Correct Misinformation: Reflect

In this step, health professionals find facts and support them with references. 

Health Professionals' Steps for Preparing to Correct Misinformation: Reveal

The relate step involves crafting a message using relatable phrasing. It is important to make their messages understandable, with little jargon. 

Health Professionals' Steps for Preparing to Correct Misinformation: Relate

When crafting corrective messaging, it is important for health professionals to be respectful and professional. Health professionals reported that they are careful to not be too aggressive or to shame the misinformation spreaders.  

Health Professionals' Steps for Preparing to Correct Misinformation: Respect

Bautista, J. R., Zhang, Y., & Gwizdka, J. (2021). Healthcare professionals’ acts of correcting health misinformation on social media. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 148(104375). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104375

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