Delesha M. Carpenter|Lorie L. Geryk|Annie Chen|Rebekah H. Nagler|Nathan F. Dieckmann|Paul Han
Conflicting health information: a critical research need
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Washington|University of Minnesota|Decision Research|Maine Medical Center|Tufts University
abstract conflicting health information increasing amount visibility evidenced recently controversy surrounding risks benefits childhood vaccinations mechanisms conflicting information affects individuals poorly understood thus unprepared help people process conflicting information making important health decisions viewpoint article describe problem summarize insights existing literature prevalence effects conflicting health information identify important knowledge gaps propose working definition conflicting health information describe conceptual typology guide future research area typology classifies conflicting information according four fundamental dimensions substantive issue conflict number conflicting sources multiplicity degree evidence heterogeneity degree temporal inconsistency