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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer
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How to strengthen trust in public health

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Family nurse practitioner Muna Farah administered a vaccine at the Minneapolis Public Health vaccine clinic on Aug. 30, at Corcoran Park. Public health officials are emphasizing vaccines amid a spike in measles cases.
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A range of factors — including misinformation, disinformation, rumors and political polarization — have eroded trust in public health. 

According to a survey from “The Journal of the American Medical Association” earlier this year, trust in physicians and hospitals decreased substantially over the course of the pandemic. And people with lower levels of trust were less likely to have been vaccinated or received boosters for COVID-19. 

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what has caused the decline in trust and why it’s worrisome.

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MPR News host Angela Davis (right) talks with Melinda Pettigrew (left), dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Guests:

  • Melinda Pettigrew is the dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She was previously a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. While at Yale, she held several leadership positions including interim dean, deputy dean, senior associate dean for academic affairs, and deputy Title IX coordinator. 

  • David Higgins is a pediatrician and health services researcher specializing in preventive medicine and vaccine communication at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado. 

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