Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and practices: new insights from cross-sectional rural health behaviour surveys in low-income and middle-income South-East Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are crucial in the global response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but diverse health systems, healthcare practices and cultural conceptions of medicine can complicate global education and awareness-raising campaigns. Social research can help understand LMIC contexts but remains under-represented in AMR research.

Objective

To (1) Describe antibiotic-related knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general population in two LMICs. (2) Assess the role of antibiotic-related knowledge and attitudes on antibiotic access from different types of healthcare providers.

Design

Observational study: cross-sectional rural health behaviour survey, representative of the population level.

Setting

General rural pop

SUBMITTER: Haenssgen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707701 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature