COVID-19 pandemic

Institutional Distrust among African Americans and Building Trustworthiness in the COVID-19 Response: Implications for Ethical Public Health Practice

Author(s):

Alicia L. Best, PhD, MPH; Faith E. Fletcher, PhD; Mika Kadono, PhD; Rueben C. Warren, DDS, MPH, DrPH, MDIV

Online Publication Date:

November 19, 2020

Keywords:

Institutional distrust, trustworthiness, COVID-19 pandemic, health inequities, public health, ethics.

African Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19-related disease and mortality due to long-standing social, political, economic, and environmental injustice; COVID-19 inequities are exacerbated by institutional distrust.