Responding to fluctuations in public and community trust and health seeking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of national decision-makers' perspectives in Guinea and Sierra Leone
Summary
Lessons from the Ebola epidemic enabled response actors to consider maintaining and rebuilding trust as a core aim of the pandemic response which helped to ensure continuity of care and mitigate secondary impacts of the pandemic. Monitoring and maintaining trust in health systems is a key consideration for health systems resilience during public health emergencies. © 2024. The Author(s).
| Authors | Baldé H, Geurts B, Fischer HT, Menelik-Obbarius S, Kaba I, Merhi V, Stein K, Diaconu V, Bahr T, Weishaar H, Delamou A, Mbawah AK, El-Bcheraoui C |
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| Journal | BMC public health |
| Publication Date | 2024 Oct 4;24(1):2710 |
| PubMed | 39367378 |
| PubMed Central | PMC11452948 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-024-20181-w |