[agents] [CFP][ACM GoodIT] TrueHealth 2022: Special Track on Combating Health Information Disorder in the Digital World for Social Wellbeing

[Marco Viviani]

TrueHealth 2022: Combating Health Information Disorder in the Digital World
for Social Wellbeing


Special Track @ ACM GoodIT 2022, International Conference on Information
Technology for Social Good



Limassol, Cyprus - September 7-9, 2022


Special Track Website: https://truehealth.disco.unimib.it/

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***AIM AND TOPICS***

Within the ACM GoodIT 2022 International Conference (
https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/), the TrueHealth Special Track is
focused on Combating Health Information Disorder in the Digital World for
Social Wellbeing.

In recent years, people have increasingly referred to the *Web and social
media as **s*ources of information about health-related problems and
solutions, as confirmed by the U.S. Pew Research Center, and other European
and international studies. Although, on the one hand, these platforms favor
easier and more direct access to information sources by users without the
intermediation of experts, on the other hand, it is precisely such
democratization of health information that constitutes a potential danger
for people. As we have seen especially in the last period, linked to the
pandemic, the proliferation of false information, conspiracy theories,
unreliable remedies, etc., risk compromising the health not only of
individuals, but that of the community as a whole.

It is in this perspective that it becomes necessary to study and propose
technological solutions to help users come into contact with genuine
information, especially in a critical domain such as health, for social
wellbeing.

To this end, it is essential to promote research of an interdisciplinary
nature, involving computer scientists, physicians, lawyers, and
communication experts who can address the problem of health information
disorder from different points of view by combining their expertise.

The topics of interest of the Special Track at GoodIT include, but are not
limited to:


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   Assessing the genuineness of health-related information;
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   Consumer Health Search (CHS) and genuine information access;
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   Debunking health information disorder;
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   Fake news/rumors and healthcare;
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   Measures, evaluation methods, and datasets for health information
   disorder detection;
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   Health information disorder detection;
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   Health literacy and information genuineness;
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   Fact-checking in health-related information;
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   Information disorder and public opinion on health;
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   Relationship between access to non-genuine information and danger to
   public health;
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   Relationship between psychological characteristics and perceptions of
   health information disorder;
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   Techniques for accessing and retrieving genuine health-related
   information.


***SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS***

Submitted papers must be:


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   Original works and must not have been previously published elsewhere.
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   The papers should not exceed six (6) pages (US letter size),
   double-column, including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM
   format: https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/
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   ACM has partnered with Overleaf, a free cloud-based, collaborative
   authoring tool, to provide an ACM LaTeX authoring template. The ACM LaTeX
   template on the Overleaf platform is available to all ACM authors at:
   www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official
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   Further instructions will be provided on the main site of the conference:
   https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/


If the paper is accepted:


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   At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and
   present the work at the conference.
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   Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library.
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   Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a Special
   Issue of an International Journal.


***IMPORTANT DATES***


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   Abstract submission: May 16, 2022


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   Paper submission: May 23, 2022
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   Notification of acceptance for contributions: June 20, 2022
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   Camera-ready submission: July 11, 2022


***ORGANIZERS***


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   Marco Viviani (Associate Professor), University of Milano-Bicocca,
   Milan, Italy URL: https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani


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   Rishabh Upadhyay (Research Fellow), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan,
   Italy URL: https://en.unimib.it/rishabh-gyanendra-upadhyay


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*Marco Viviani* (Associate Professor)
University of Milano-Bicocca
Department of Informatics, Systems, and Communication (DISCo)
Information and Knowledge Representation, Retrieval, and Reasoning (IKR3)
Lab
Edificio U14 - ABACUS, Viale Sarca, 336 - 20126 Milan (Italy)
e-mail: marco.viviani at unimib.it
URL: https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani/
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