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Educate, Amplify, and Focus to Address COVID-19 Misinformation
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Chinese American families were vulnerable to racism-driven disparities.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Earnshaw, V. A., & Katz, I. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Earnshaw, Valerie A.
- Venue
- JAMA Health Forum
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2020-04-17
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e200460
- ISSN
- 2689-0186 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3016952730
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 10.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- JAMA Health Forum (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Keywords
- COVID-19 misinformation, health misinformation, public health communication, health education
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