Social media trust predicts lower COVID-19 vaccination rates and higher excess mortality over 2 years.

ABSTRACT: Trust plays a crucial role in implementing public health interventions against the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the prospective associations of interpersonal, institutional, and media trust with vaccination rates and excess mortality over time in two multinational studies. In study 1, we investigated the country-level relationships between interpersonal trust, vaccination rates, and excess mortality across 54 countries. Interpersonal trust at the country level was calculated by aggregating data of 80,317 participants from the World Values Survey in 2017-20. Data on vaccination rates and excess mortality were obtained from the World Health Organization. Our findings indicated that higher levels of interpersonal trust were linked to higher vaccination rates and lower excess mortality rates

SUBMITTER: Chen SX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10568527 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature