Promoting prudent use of antibiotics: the experience from a multifaceted regional campaign in Greece.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic resistance, a major public health problem, has been linked to antibiotic consumption. In Greece both consumption and resistance rates are among the highest in Europe. A multifaceted campaign targeting both physicians and parents of school children was implemented for the first time in order to educate the public and update doctors, aiming to promote judicious use of antibiotics and hopefully decrease its consumption.

Methods

The programme consisted of a public education campaign and academic detailing of primary care physicians in the district of Corinth in Peloponnese. The experience and perceptions of parents were recorded in the meetings in the form of course evaluation and assessment, anonymous questionnaires. The use of Rapid Antigen Detection Test

SUBMITTER: Plachouras D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4148920 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature