For high rates of compliance with health advice and requirements, there must be trust in health information sources. I& #39;ve been looking at trust in medics, government, medical charities, journalists, academic and government scientists, using the Wellcome UK Monitor 2009/12/15 >>
>> Trust is measured on 1-5 scales, with 1 = no trust at all and 5 = complete trust. I examined mean trust by information or authority source, then how trust varied by level of education, scientific knowledge measured by a test on the survey, and reported internet usage >>
Figure 1: how trust varies by profession type. N = 2395; weights applied.
Figure 2: how trust varies for each profession type by level of education.
Figure 3: how trust varies for each profession by level of scientific knowledge.
Figure 4: how trust varies for each profession by self-reported level of internet usage (four quartile groups) // Ends
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