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"We Want to Put Them in Trauma": Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority.
| Τίτλος: | "We Want to Put Them in Trauma": Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Motta M; Boston University. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of health politics, policy and law [J Health Polit Policy Law] 2026 Apr 01; Vol. 51 (2), pp. 191-209. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Duke Univ. Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7609331 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1527-1927 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03616878 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Health Polit Policy Law Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Durham, N. C., Duke Univ. Press. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Health Policy*/legislation & jurisprudence , Government Agencies*/organization & administration , Government Agencies*/legislation & jurisprudence , Politics* , Policy Making* , Government Regulation*, United States ; Humans ; Public Opinion ; Federal Government |
| Περίληψη: | Throughout the first months of President Donald Trump's second term in office, his administration has taken swift action to undermine the role that government health agencies play in the health policy-making process. This article makes the case that the Trump administration's efforts to undermine government health agencies' regulatory authority reflect a dislike and distrust of the people who serve in key civil service roles. It also provides evidence that efforts to roll back regulatory authority are part of a long-standing political strategy to cater to public dislike and distrust of scientific, medical, and academic experts. While the public could provide policy makers with an incentive to protect public health agencies and the people who staff them, recent public opinion research shows that many Americans simply do not know or do not care enough about the Trump administration's actions to call for their elected officials to stop them. This article concludes by offering several health communication strategies and directions for future research (the "science of standing up for science") that might inspire public concern about efforts to roll back government health agencies' regulatory authority and might motivate people to show support for the civil servants who staff those agencies. (Copyright © 2026 by Duke University Press.) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Department of Health and Human Services; US politics; health communication; health policy; public opinion |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20251008 Date Completed: 20260212 Latest Revision: 20260212 |
| Update Code: | 20260213 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/03616878-12262624 |
| PMID: | 41059521 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1527-1927 |
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| DOI: | 10.1215/03616878-12262624 |