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Men (OR: 1.32; [1.02\u20131.70]; p &lt; 0.05), and people aged 50\u201364 (OR: 1.55; [1.05\u20132.28]; p &lt; 0.05), people with higher education (OR:1.74; [1.35\u20132.26]; p &lt; 0.001), and people declaring trust in the pharmacist\u2019s competencies (OR:3.95; [3.03\u20135.15]; p &lt; 0.001) more often declared knowledge of vaccinations in pharmacies. Support for these services was declared by men (OR:1.74; [1.28\u20132.36]; p &lt; 0.001) and people with higher education (OR:1.39; [1.02\u20131.89]; p &lt; 0.05) and participants declaring trust in the pharmacist\u2019s competences (OR:20.30; [14.65\u201328.11]; p &lt; 0.001). Trust in pharmacists was important. People declaring trust in pharmacists were much more willing to get vaccinated against influenza (40.2%) and zoster (38.0%) at a pharmacy and declared that they would vaccinate their children against HPV at a pharmacy (38.8%) compared to people who did not trust the competences of pharmacists (p &lt; 0.001). 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