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Trust between patients and doctors is among the most important factors that promote adherence and improve outcomes. Trust during pediatric encounters is generally defined as a parent's belief that the pediatric health care provider has their child's best interest in mind. Investigators identified family, provider, and health care setting characteristics associated with trust in a minority urban population in Washington, D.C.
Parents of self-identified African-American children (age range, 0–5 years) participated in a telephone interview 2 weeks after a sick or well-child visit at one of three community health centers, three private practices, or one hospital-based clinic. Parents of 425 children responded to standardized questionnaires about…