Note: " WHO online consultation meeting to discuss global principles for identifying credible sources of health information on social media" by the World Health Organization is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Note: If an information panel providing health source context has the incorrect label or if a health entity has an incorrect channel or no channel associated with it, submit feedback using #healthinfo. You can review the section below for more details on content from the UK. First step of YouTube’s work will focus on sources with pre-existing, standardized vetting mechanisms as defined below. For more information, go to figure 1 in the NAM paper. Vetting mechanisms include accreditation, academic journal indexing, and government accountability rules. The principles for authoritative health sources in these papers include that sources should be science-based, objective, transparent, and accountable.Īs we begin to adopt principles for authoritative health sources, we are starting with organizations with pre-existing, standardized vetting mechanisms such as: The WHO and NAM recently convened a meeting of interdisciplinary experts from around the world to review and validate these principles for global application.
In July 2021, the expert panel convened by NAM published foundational principles that can be used to guide identification of potentially credible online health sources in a paper called Identifying Credible Sources of Health Information in Social Media: Principles and Attributes. We may also reference work done by other agencies, such as in the UK. The WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
APHA is a professional association of public health practitioners that advocates for public health issues and policies backed by science.Īs we expand outside of the United States, we’re referencing the work done by the World Health Organization (WHO), to inform global use of these principles. NAM is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that brings together top experts in health, medicine, and biomedical science to provide unbiased, evidence-based guidance about health and science. To identify which health sources are eligible for this feature, we started in the United States by using a set of principles and definitions developed by a panel of experts convened by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and reviewed by the American Public Health Association (APHA). This panel is meant to give you more info to help you better understand the sources of health content that you find and watch on YouTube. When you watch a YouTube video on a health-related topic, you may notice an information panel providing context on the source underneath the video. Information panels providing health source context We're working to bring these features to more countries/regions and languages. The features below may not be available in all countries/regions and languages. We’ve developed several features to give you more context on the health content you find on YouTube.
At YouTube, we’re committed to connecting you with health content from authoritative sources to help you stay informed and live your healthiest life.