More and more often the rapid and uncontrolled spread of fake news is attributed to an excessive production of information and consequent media noise that induces individuals to adopt incorrect behaviors, which can often be harmful to them.
The so-called ‘knowledge society’ has catapulted us into a paradoxical situation: despite the massive and continuous spread of means of communication that have never been so technologically powerful, popular, and pervasive and which allow us to have access to the most varied data and information, we haven’t developed the necessary tools to discern what contents are truly authoritative and verified.
The situation is further aggravated when the media noise and functional illiteracy that characterize our society are related to the world of health, healthcare and the relationship between healthy subjects, patients, doctors, and health professionals.
The CfGC’s scientific interest stems from the belief that a profound and fruitful dialogue needs to be re-established among doctors, researchers, and health staff and the imagery that citizens have formed from browsing the Web or by word of mouth.
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For this reason, the CfGC is convinced that it is necessary to rethink the world of health and healthcare from a systemic perspective by launching new relationships between all the various stakeholders.
The CfGC has undertaken a research project entitled “Who is Afraid of Childbirth?” in collaboration with Professor Felice Petraglia, Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Director of the Maternal-Infant Department of the Careggi University Hospital in Florence.
By planning and conducting a survey through the use of an original questionnaire, the project aims to listen, collect and analyze the feelings and possible fears of a representative sample of pregnant women regarding their imagery related to birth.
The ultimate goal is, in fact, to reconstruct the level of knowledge and awareness with which women are approaching this important experience, identifying knowledge needs and bringing them back to the experts and professionals who are able to provide adequate answers.
The CfGC is activating a first level Master in “Medical-Scientific and Health Services Communication” in collaboration with professors Felice Petraglia, Marco Carini and Francesco Annunziato of the Careggi University Hospital in Florence.
The aim of the Master program is to train communication and information professionals by placing highly qualified content provided by scientists of national and international value at the center of their training. It is for this reason that the teaching staff of the Master is made up of professors, doctors, and professionals working within public and private institutions and organizations, as well as recognized experts in the field of communication and information.
In this way, the program strives to provide basic literacy in the field of health and health services to all those who intend to deal with communication and information in the medical, scientific, and health fields. Knowing the basics of medicine, biomedical research, and the functioning of health services is the starting point for consciously building high-quality communication strategies based on authoritative content.