Are the public getting the message about antimicrobial resistance?

Laura J Shallcross; Michelle Berin; Jennifer Roe; Mahdad Noursadeghi

doi:10.1186/s13690-015-0108-6

Are the public getting the message about antimicrobial resistance?

Arch Public Health. 2015 Nov 12:73:55. doi: 10.1186/s13690-015-0108-6. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Laura J Shallcross¹, Michelle Berin², Jennifer Roe², Mahdad Noursadeghi²

Affiliations

¹ UCL Centre for Infectious Disease Informatics, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, 222 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DA UK.
² UCL Infection and Immunity, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT UK.

Abstract

Raising public awareness of the need to use antibiotics appropriately is a major focus of the UK Government's strategy to tackle antimicrobial resistance. To investigate the public's views on antibiotic use and resistance we conducted a survey of 120 people as part of patient engagement activities held at University College London Hospital in June 2015.

Keywords: Antimicrobial prescribing; Antimicrobial resistance; Patient engagement; Public health.