ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2020
Trust in national health information sources in the United States: comparing predictors and levels of trust across three health domains.
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- Comparing public health-related material in print and web page versions of legacy media.JAMIA open · 2024Article
- Trusting information on cancer varies by source of information and political viewpoint.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Trust in government actors and COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2023Article
- How Trust in Cancer Information Has Changed in the Era of COVID-19: Patterns by Race and Ethnicity.Journal of health communication · 2023Article
- Cognitive and Cultural Factors That Affect General Vaccination and COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes.Vaccines · 2022Article
- Shouldering the load yet again: Black women's experiences of stress during COVID-19.SSM. Mental health · 2022Article
- Reinterpretation of Health Information in the Context of an Emerging Infectious Disease: A Digital Focus Group Study.JMIR human factors · 2022Article
- Interactivity, Quality, and Content of Websites Promoting Health Behaviors During Infancy: 6-Year Update of the Systematic Assessment.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Relation of corona-specific health literacy to use of and trust in information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2022Article
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- Satisfaction With Community Health Education Among Residents in China: Results From a Structural Equation Model.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Americans with disabilities aged 18-65: An exploratory analysis.Disability and health journal · 2022Article
- Trust in health information sources and its associations with COVID-19 disruptions to social relationships and health services among people living with HIV.BMC public health · 2021Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of trust of information and COVID-19 preventative practices among people with disabilities.Disability and health journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Public trust in traditional sources of health information is essential for public health agencies and organizations to perform necessary public health functions. Little research has examined levels and predictors of trust in government health agencies and national health organizations. Additionally, few studies have simultaneously analyzed trust in multiple health topics. The major aim of this study was to compare levels and factors associated with trust in national health sources across three health topics: information about tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and general health. Data from two cycles of the National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Survey collected in 2015 and 2017 were merged and analyzed for this study (n = 5,474). A series of weighted multivariable logistic regression models calculated odds of high trust in government health agencies and health organizations for each health topic. More respondents reported high trust in health organizations than for government health agencies across all topics. More participants reported high trust in these sources tobacco information, as compared to general health or e-cigarette information. Logistic models found that those higher in information seeking confidence were more likely to report high trust across all models. Other demographic variables were inconsistent predictors of trust across topics. This study highlights inconsistent sociodemographic predictors of trust across multiple health topics and national health sources. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers should consider the unique context of specific health topics in health promotion campaigns, partner with existing community-based organizations, and encourage and enable health information seeking.
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