On trust and trustworthiness: listening to community leaders.

COMMUNITIES; PUBLIC health; COMMUNITY health services; HEALTH; INFORMATION resources; PATIENT-professional relations; TRUST; COVID-19 pandemic

The article presents community perspectives on issues of public trust in science and health information and trustworthiness. A respondent tells the effort of a nonprofit organization in finding ways to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in communities. Another informs the hiring of Black, Indigenous and Communities of color to mobilized a centralized network of community navigators. A third respondent highlights the work of the Patient Information Community in the United Kingdom (UK).