Antibiotics and activity spaces: protocol of an exploratory study of behaviour, marginalisation and knowledge diffusion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health priority. Leading UK and global strategy papers to fight AMR recognise its social and behavioural dimensions, but current policy responses to improve the popular use of antimicrobials (eg, antibiotics) are limited to education and awareness-raising campaigns. In response to conceptual, methodological and empirical weaknesses of this approach, we study people's antibiotic-related health behaviour through three research questions.RQ1: What are the manifestations and determinants of problematic antibiotic use in patients' healthcare-seeking pathways?RQ2: Will people's exposure to antibiotic awareness activities entail changed behaviours that diffuse or dissipate within a network of competing healthcare practices?RQ3: Which p

SUBMITTER: Haenssgen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5884330 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature