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P Christopher Palmedo1, Lauren Rauh1, Adam Doyno1
1Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
Objectives:
To investigate how public health graduate students and recent alumni self-identify as builders of institutional trust within their communities.
Methods:
We conducted 6 focus groups of students and alumni (n = 37) from a public graduate school of public health in a large U.S. city in February 2024.
Results:
Participants articulated roles and pathways in building trust in public health and in government, and commonly find themselves in public health advocacy positions.
Conclusion:
Schools of public health can strengthen institutional trust through their role in training students in culturally responsive communication and related trust-building competencies.
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