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Bergman, Karolin, Eli, Karin, Osowski, Christine Persson, Lövestam, Elin and Nowicka, Paulina (2019) Public expressions of trust and distrust in governmental dietary advice in Sweden. Qualitative Health Research, 29 (8). pp. 1161-1173. doi:10.1177/1049732318825153 ISSN 1049-7323.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732318825153
Abstract
We examine public trust and distrust in governmental food and nutrition authorities, through analyzing 727 letters sent electronically to the Swedish National Food Agency by lay people. Using thematic analysis, four themes were developed, defining public expressions of trust and distrust in official dietary advice. Trust was expressed as (a) seeking to confirm and clarify dietary advice or (b) seeking official arbitration between competing dietary advice. Distrust was expressed as (c) questioning and scrutinizing dietary advice or (d) protesting and resisting dietary advice. Notably, expressions of distrust employed discursive practices that both mirrored authoritative discourses and subverted official advice, by appealing to scientific language and “alternative” evidence. All letters positioned the agency as the ultimate authority on healthy eating; notwithstanding whether the agency’s advice was to be followed or resisted. Thus, the letters revealed how the same authoritative discourses can simultaneously be a site of public trust and distrust.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Qualitative Health Research | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1049-7323 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 July 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1161-1173 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1049732318825153 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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