Public health and public trust: Survey evidence from the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in Liberia

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• 作者：Robert A. Blair^a ; ^{robert_blair@brown.edu} ; Benjamin S. Morse^b ; ^{bmorse@mit.edu} ; Lily L. Tsai^b ; ^{l_tsai@mit.edu}
• 关键词：Ebola Virus Disease ; Trust in government ; Liberia ; Household surveys ; Epidemics
• 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：172
• 期：Complete
• 页码：89-97
• 全文大小：467 K
• 卷排序：172

文摘

Large representative survey conducted during the Ebola crisis in Monrovia, Liberia. One of few quantitative studies on trust and public health in the developing world. Shows that Liberians who distrusted government took fewer precautions against Ebola. Those who distrusted government were also less compliant with Ebola control policies. Demonstrates the deadly role distrust can play in exacerbating public health crises.