ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2022
Mistrust in public health institutions is a stronger predictor of vaccine hesitancy and uptake than Trust in Trump.
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- Influences and Implications of Medical Mistrust on Healthcare Behaviors in a Low Health Outcomes County in the State of New Jersey.Journal of community health · 2025Article
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- Context matters: How to research vaccine attitudes and uptake after the COVID-19 crisis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Association of National Identity and Trust in Government with COVID-19 Vaccination and Brand Choice in Taiwan.Journal of community health · 2024Article
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- The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic experiences on attitudes towards vaccinations: on the social, cultural and political determinants of preferred vaccination organization models in Poland.Health research policy and systems · 2024Article
- Trust in the Food and Drug Administration: A National Survey Study.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy prevalence in Mexico: A systematic review and metanalysis.Vaccine: X · 2024Review
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Abstract
study goalThis study examines the sources of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal in Americans by decomposing different forms of government trust/mistrust including trust in Trump and mistrust in public health institutions.
methodsUsing linear panel regression models with data from 5,446 US adults (37,761 responses) from the Understanding America Survey, the likelihoods of vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and trust in various information sources were examined. RESULTS AND
conclusionWe find that the likelihoods of hesitancy and having negative perceptions of COVID-19 vaccines were consistently much higher among PHI mistrusters, showing even a stronger hesitancy than Trump trusters. This tendency has persisted over time, resulting in only 49% of PHI mistrusters having been vaccinated in the most recent survey wave. However, a large portion of PHI mistrusters still trusted physicians, family, and friends. These findings suggest that mistrust in PHIs is a salient predictor of vaccine hesitancy and reduced uptake on its own, which is compounded by trust in Trump.
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