A Survey Assessing Antimicrobial Prescribing at United Nations Relief and Works Agency Primary Health Care Centers in Jordan.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health emergency. There is insufficient information on AMR in the context of humanitarian settings. An understanding of behavioral and institutional-level factors can strengthen antimicrobial stewardship. This study used a semistructured questionnaire to assess both knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on antimicrobial use, resistance and stewardship, and options to improving prescribing, among prescribers at the Primary Healthcare facilities of the United Nations' Relief and Works Agency Jordan field office. Responses to the KAP questions were evaluated using the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behavior (COM-B) framework and Bloom's cutoffs. For each framework component, Bloom's cutoffs and interpretations were as follows: ≥ 80%, "good"

SUBMITTER: Orubu ESF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9393468 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature