Trust in Pacific Healthcare: Transforming research, policy and practice

医疗信任对于建立积极的医疗保健参与和改善健康结果至关重要，但在非西方环境中却知之甚少。该合作项目聚焦于太平洋地区与2型糖尿病和COVID-19干预措施相关的信任危机，旨在研究瓦努阿图、斐济和萨摩亚医疗信任的社会和文化动态。提供医疗信托的第一个跨文化研究，一个国际研究团队将产生跨学科的学术成果，政策资源和纪录片。研究结果将帮助医疗保健专业人员和社区加强信任关系，并最终在太平洋地区及其他地区实现更好的健康参与和服务。

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.