What Is Public Trust in the Health System?: Insights into Health Data Use [Hardcover]

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This book explores the concept of public trust in health systems.

In the context of recent events, including public response to interventions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination uptake and the use of health data and digital health, this important book uses empirical evidence to address why public trust is vital to a well-functioning health system.

In doing so, it provides a comprehensive contemporary explanation of public trust, how it affects health systems and how it can be nurtured and maintained as an integral component of health system governance.

GBFelix Gille is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich.

Focuses on the trust relationship between the public and the health system in the context of recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provides guidance on how to translate the principles that foster public trust into practice.

The perfect guide for those seeking the publics trust in the use of their health data, essential if the many potential benefits are to be realised. Sir Nick Black, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Gille has done a masterful job in mapping the myriad of trust relationships needed to build legitimacy in health systems, and charts paths forward in a challenging era. Heidi J Larson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The Covid pandemic brought the role that public trust plays in health policy and implementation into sharper focus. It also illustrated the limited understanding of the concept of public trust, its influence and how it can be built and sustained. This timely, accessible and important book goes a long way to filling this gap by providing a comprehensive analysis unpacking these key questions exemplified by empirical evidence from recent challenges faced by the health system. Michael Calnan, University of Kent

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