Principles and Pragmatics for Building Trust in Authority; Comment on “Placing Trust at the Heart of Health Policy and Systems”

Principles and Pragmatics for Building Trust in Authority; Comment on “Placing Trust at the Heart of Health Policy and Systems”

McKee et al (2024) make a powerful plea for placing trust-building at the core of public health initiatives. I endorse that call and propose one general principle along with four practical guidelines for building trust between the public and the authorities. The general principle is that trust is rooted in shared identity and that, therefore, the task of building trust is rooted in building a sense of shared identity both amongst the public and …