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The main purpose of this research is to determine the impact of people's preventive health behavior and trust in government performance during the pandemic on their trust in COVID-19 vaccine. The population of the research consisted of middle and advanced age group individuals who received service from pharmacies in the city center of Karabük. In the study, convenience sampling method was preferred due to the difficulty of reaching the participants during the COVID-19 pandemic process and 400 questionnaires were returned at the end of the data collection process. SPSS and AMOS package programs were used in the analysis of the data. Confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis techniques were applied to the data. The findings obtained by confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis showed that the construct validity of the model was ensured. According to the path analysis results, it was determined that the participants' protective health behavior (β=0.339; p<0.05) and their confidence in government performance (β=0.265; p<0.05) affected their confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine statistically and positively. During the pandemic, their COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and COVID-19 vaccine confidence increase as people engage in more and more accurate preventive health behavior and have confidence in government performance. 

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