Trust in Pacific Healthcare: Transforming research, policy and practice
- Funded by Australian Government (Australian Research Council)
- Total publications:1 publications
Grant number: DP230102606
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
20232025Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$421,221.01Funder
Australian Government (Australian Research Council)Principal Investigator
Dr. John TaylorResearch Location
Vanuatu, FijiLead Research Institution
La Trobe UniversityResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience
Research Subcategory
Policy research and interventions
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Unspecified
Vulnerable Population
Unspecified
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified
Abstract
Trust in Pacific Healthcare: Transforming research, policy and practice. Medical trust is vital to building positive healthcare engagement and improving health outcomes, yet is poorly understood in non-Western contexts. Focusing on crises of trust related to type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 interventions in the Pacific, this collaborative project aims to examine the social and cultural dynamics of medical (mis)trust in Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa. Providing the first cross-cultural study of medical trust, an international team of researchers will generate interdisciplinary scholarly outputs, policy resources and a documentary film. Findings will assist healthcare professionals and communities strengthen trust relationships and ultimately achieve improved health engagement and delivery in the Pacific and beyond.
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