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Tackling Rumors and Understanding & Strengthening Trust (TRUST) in Public Health

Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation: a helpful tool for practitioners

The Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation takes a hands-on approach to help public health communicators recognize and respond to health-related rumors and misinformation. It provides detailed tools, checklists, templates, and examples written in plain language to support users in:

Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation, version 2
  • preparing for health-related rumors
  • deciding when to act to address rumors
  • determining which actions to take to address misinformation
  • developing relevant and timely messaging, and
  • gathering feedback about those messages.

Download the Playbook

The playbook includes several supplementary resources that can be downloaded and tailored:

Have you implemented the Practical playbook in your setting?

We welcome your feedback! We also can train members of your organization on using the playbook.

For feedback and inquiries, please email centerhealthsecurity@jhu.edu.