Assessment of the trust placed by the practices of the Ministry of Health during the coronavirus pandemic process in Turkey

Abstract

A This research aims to evaluate the level of Turkish people's trust in the measures taken by the Ministry of Health to contain Covid 19. In the study, which was planned in a quantitative research design, Total of 931 people from 62 provinces in Turkey participated in the study. The data collection tool consisting of 31 questions. The questionnaire form was elaborated by the au-thors of the study and created using the freely available online Google Docs application. The questionnaire was sent to participants via social media networks from February 1, 2021 and February 20, 2021. According to the analysis results obtained from the research, it was concluded that the trust of the participants in the Ministry of Health was at a moderate level.

Keywords

• Covid-19
• Pandemic
• Ministry of Health Practices

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