Trust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Dominican Republic: a national cross-sectional household survey, June-October 2021.

Salome GarnierCecilia ThenMichael de St AubinAngela M Cadavid RestrepoHelen J MayfieldDevan DumasWilliam DukeFarah PeñaAdam J KucharskiRonald SkewesEmily Zielinski GutiérrezJulia CoyoliMarie Caroline EtienneColleen L LauMarietta VázquezEric Nilles

Published in: BMJ open (2024)

We report findings on CVH from a national household survey in the DR and identify overall low rates of CVH but marked heterogeneity by age, gender and ethnicity. Trust in unofficial versus official sources of information is associated with increased CVH. These findings highlight and quantify the importance of trust as a key parameter when considering public health communication strategies.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
health information
public health
quality improvement
coronavirus disease
sars cov
social media
single cell
mental health