OBJECTIVES: We examined associations between trust of health care providers and the government and health service use and outcomes. METHODS: Interviews with a sample of 611 HIV-positive individuals included an attitudinal assessment measuring beliefs concerning the creation of AIDS, information being withheld about the disease, and trust of care providers. RESULTS: Trust in care providers was associated with increased HIV-related out-patient clinic visits, fewer emergency room visits, increased use of antiretroviral medications, and improved reported physical and mental health. Trusting the government was associated with fewer emergency room visits and better mental and physical health. More than one quarter of the respondents believed that the government created AIDS to kill minorities, and more than half believed that a significant amount of information about AIDS is withheld from the public. Ten percent did not trust their provider to give them the best care possible. CONCLUSIONS: Distrust may be a barrier to service use and therefore to optimal health. Distrust is not isolated in minority communities but also exists among members of nonminority communities and equally interferes with their use of services and health outcomes.
OBJECTIVES: We examined associations between trust of health care providers and the government and health service use and outcomes. METHODS: Interviews with a sample of 611 HIV-positive individuals included an attitudinal assessment measuring beliefs concerning the creation of AIDS, information being withheld about the disease, and trust of care providers. RESULTS: Trust in care providers was associated with increased HIV-related out-patient clinic visits, fewer emergency room visits, increased use of antiretroviral medications, and improved reported physical and mental health. Trusting the government was associated with fewer emergency room visits and better mental and physical health. More than one quarter of the respondents believed that the government created AIDS to kill minorities, and more than half believed that a significant amount of information about AIDS is withheld from the public. Ten percent did not trust their provider to give them the best care possible. CONCLUSIONS: Distrust may be a barrier to service use and therefore to optimal health. Distrust is not isolated in minority communities but also exists among members of nonminority communities and equally interferes with their use of services and health outcomes.
Authors: Linda Beer; Jennifer L Fagan; Pamela Garland; Eduardo E Valverde; Barbara Bolden; Kathleen A Brady; Maria Courogen; Daniel Hillman; Alan Neaigus; Jeanne Bertolli Journal: AIDS Patient Care STDS Date: 2012-02-09 Impact factor: 5.078
Authors: Marya Gwadz; Charles M Cleland; Elizabeth Applegate; Mindy Belkin; Monica Gandhi; Nadim Salomon; Angela Banfield; Noelle Leonard; Marion Riedel; Hannah Wolfe; Isaiah Pickens; Kelly Bolger; DeShannon Bowens; David Perlman; Donna Mildvan Journal: AIDS Behav Date: 2015-10
Authors: Cynthia E Schairer; Sanjay R Mehta; Staal A Vinterbo; Martin Hoenigl; Michael Kalichman; Susan J Little Journal: AJOB Empir Bioeth Date: 2019-05-03
Authors: Michael J Mugavero; Hui-Yi Lin; Jeroan J Allison; Thomas P Giordano; James H Willig; James L Raper; Nelda P Wray; Stephen R Cole; Joseph E Schumacher; Susan Davies; Michael S Saag Journal: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Date: 2009-01-01 Impact factor: 3.731
Authors: Katrina Armstrong; Mary Putt; Chanita H Halbert; David Grande; Jerome Sanford Schwartz; Kaijun Liao; Noora Marcus; Mirar B Demeter; Judy A Shea Journal: Med Care Date: 2013-02 Impact factor: 2.983
Authors: Helen Straus; Catherine Cerulli; Louise Anne McNutt; Karin V Rhodes; Kenneth R Conner; Robin S Kemball; Nadine J Kaslow; Debra Houry Journal: J Womens Health (Larchmt) Date: 2009-05 Impact factor: 2.681