Trust In Governments And Health Workers Low Globally, Influencing Attitudes Toward Health Information, Vaccines.

ABSTRACT: Trust, particularly during emergencies, is essential for effective health care delivery and health policy implementation. We used data from the 2018 Wellcome Global Monitor survey (comprising nationally representative samples from 144 countries) to examine levels and correlates of trust in governments and health workers and attitudes toward vaccines. Only one-quarter of respondents globally expressed a lot of trust in their government (trust was more common among people with less schooling, those living in rural areas, those who were financially comfortable, and those who were older), and fewer than half of respondents globally said that they trust doctors and nurses a lot. People's trust in these institutions was correlated with trust in health or medical advice from them, and with more p

SUBMITTER: Moucheraud C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060815 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature