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Human biology is a matter of life or death: Effective science communication for COVID‐19 research
American Journal of Human Biology ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-31 , DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23472
Cara Ocobock 1 , Christopher D. Lynn 2
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1 INTRODUCTION

In times of upheaval, clear information dissemination is more important than ever. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the world has seen ad hoc messaging lead to public and policy reactions with largely negative consequences (Everett, Colombatto, Chituc, Brady, & Crockett, 2020; Funk, 2017; Garrett, 2020). The late George Armelagos and colleagues repeatedly highlighted the resurgence of infectious disease mortality, many consider to be the third epidemiological transition—the emergence and rapid spread of old and new infectious diseases due to globalization (Armelagos, Brown, & Turner, 2005; Barrett, Kuzawa, McDade, & Armelagos, 1998; Harper & Armelagos, 2010; Zuckerman, Harper, Barrett, & Armelagos, 2014). Due to a wealth of evidence supporting this position over the past few decades, the current pandemic surprises few human biologists. Furthermore, the integrated nature of the field of human biology means that many of our colleagues are among those uniquely situated to address this and future crises. Human biology provides a perspective on human interaction in ecological contexts—a perspective the broader public needs.

Since the late 20th century, the world has been in the Information Age, with unprecedented global access to information (Castells, 2011). Though this access has theoretically provided more power through knowledge, the sea of “raw studies” lacking context or perspective add more confusion than clarity. The curation of information for the “public,” previously a scholarly or journalistic specialization, is now the domain of everyone with internet. To overcome problems associated with information overload, conspiracy theories, and the amplification of pseudoscience, human biologists need to drown out the noise with evidence‐based information and theories of change (Caulfield, 2020). It is clear from the commentaries in this issue that human biologists can provide accessible and actionable resources for addressing fear, transmission, diagnosis and testing, long‐term consequences, behavioral and cultural change, and more. As AJHB Editorial Board members responsible for public relations, we provide practical suggestions on how to hone science communication skills to reach experts and non‐experts with human biology perspectives.



中文翻译:

人类生物学是生死攸关的问题:COVID-19研究的有效科学交流

1引言

在动荡时期,清晰的信息传播比以往任何时候都更为重要。在COVID-19大流行期间,世界各地的临时消息传递导致公共和政策反应,产生了很大的负面影响(Everett,Colombatto,Chituc,Brady和Crockett,2020; Funk,2017; Garrett,2020)。已故的乔治·阿米拉戈斯(George Armelagos)及其同事反复强调了传染病死亡率的上升,许多人认为这是第三次流行病学转变,即全球化带来的新旧传染病的出现和迅速传播(Armelagos,Brown,&Turner,2005 ; Barrett,库扎瓦,麦克达德和亚美拉哥,1998年;哈珀和亚美拉哥,2010年; Zuckerman,Harper,Barrett和Armelagos,2014年)。在过去的几十年中,由于有大量的证据支持这一立场,当前的流行病使人类生物学家感到惊讶。此外,人类生物学领域的综合性质意味着我们的许多同事都处于应对这一危机和未来危机的独特位置。人类生物学为人们在生态环境中的相互作用提供了一个视角,也是更广泛的公众需求的视角。

自20世纪末以来,世界进入了信息时代,全球获得了前所未有的信息(Castells,2011年)。尽管从理论上讲,这种访问方式通过知识提供了更多的力量,但是缺乏上下文或观点的“原始研究”之海增加了混乱,而不是清晰。为“公众”(以前是学术或新闻专业)提供信息的策划,如今已成为每个拥有互联网的人的领域。为了克服与信息超载,共谋理论和伪科学泛滥有关的问题,人类生物学家需要通过基于证据的信息和变革理论来掩盖噪音(Caulfield,2020年)。从本期的评论中可以明显看出,人类生物学家可以提供可访问且可操作的资源来解决恐惧,传播,诊断和测试,长期后果,行为和文化变革等。作为负责公共关系的AJHB编辑委员会成员,我们提供了有关如何磨练科学交流技能的实用建议,以覆盖具有人类生物学视角的专家和非专家。

更新日期:2020-09-26
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