ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2024
Quantifiable Cross-cultural Research on Medical Mistrust is Necessary for Effective and Equitable Vaccination in Low- and Middle-income Countries.
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- Authority endorsements backfire and social norms fail to increase vaccination intent in post-COVID Kazakhstan.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- The Role of Medical Mistrust in Vaccination Decisions in Rural, Indigenous Namibian Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Social stigma, genetic services, and South Africa: is testing taboo?Journal of community genetics · 2026Review
- Inequalities in Childhood Healthcare Access Among Racial and Ethnic Groups of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The power of powerful others: health locus of control and vaccination behavior in rural Namibian pastoralists.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Health Equity Barriers to Accessing Vaccination and Screening Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Review
- Erema po otjindjumba? Highlighting cultural models and knowledge gaps of malaria in rural Namibian pastoralists.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Context dependent preferences in prestige bias learning about vaccination in rural Namibian pastoralists.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Perceptions of healthcare personnel and institutions substantially impact healthcare behaviors. In the US, minority experiences with racist events like the Tuskegee study, alongside everyday experiences of marginalization and discrimination, drive medical mistrust in populations that are already burdened with health inequalities. However, the concept of medical mistrust is rarely applied outside of industrialized contexts. Histories of colonialism, underfunded healthcare institutions, and the enormous cultural and ethnolinguistic diversity present in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) make medical mistrust a likely contributor to health behavior in these contexts. In the era of COVID-19 and emergent malaria vaccines, there is an urgent need to mitigate factors leading to medical mistrust, which impedes interest in novel vaccines. Doing so requires substantial investment in research that examines the causes of medical mistrust across diverse communities, develops methodological tools that can effectively measure medical mistrust across diverse cultural and ethno-linguistic contexts, and applies this data to policy and public health messaging. This commentary highlights the role of medical mistrust in vaccination and argues for its utility in addressing vaccine decision-making in LMICs.
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