School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
PLoS One. 2019 Mar 21;14(3):e0212993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212993. eCollection 2019.
Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the world's most pressing public health problems. Governments around the world have-and will continue to-develop policy proposals to deal with this problem. However, the capacity of government will be constrained by very low levels of trust in government. This stands in contrast to 'medical scientists' who are highly trusted by the public. This article tests to what extent trusted sources can alter attitudes towards a policy proposal to regulate the use of antibiotics. We find that respondents are much more likely to support a policy put forward by 'medical scientists.' This article provides some initial evidence that medical scientists could be used to gain support for policies to tackle pressing policy challenges such as AMR.
抗菌药物耐药性是当今全球公共卫生领域面临的最紧迫问题之一。世界各国政府已经（并将继续）制定政策提案来应对这一问题。然而，政府的能力将受到公众对政府极低信任水平的限制。这与公众高度信任的“医学科学家”形成鲜明对比。本文旨在测试可信来源在多大程度上可以改变公众对规范抗生素使用的政策提案的态度。我们发现，受访者更有可能支持“医学科学家”提出的政策。本文提供了一些初步证据，表明可以利用医学科学家来争取公众对解决抗菌素耐药性等紧迫政策挑战的政策的支持。
