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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Parents in the Use of Antibiotics: A Case Study in a Mexican Indigenous Community.
González-Villoria, Ana María; García Quiroz, Alma Delia; Osorio Guzmán, Edgar Ulises; Suarez-Herrera, José Carlos; Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel.
Afiliação
  • González-Villoria AM; Postgraduate Department, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca 70800, Mexico.
  • García Quiroz AD; Postgraduate Department, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca 70800, Mexico.
  • Osorio Guzmán EU; Benemérito Instituto Normal del Estado General Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla, Puebla 72140, Mexico.
  • Suarez-Herrera JC; UNITWIN/UNESCO IPD-SILOS, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
  • Abeldaño Zuñiga RA; Postgraduate Department, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca 70800, Mexico.
Healthcare (Basel) ; 12(3)2024 Jan 24.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38338179
ABSTRACT
The rise and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a global health problem. At the community level, bacterial resistance has been linked to antibiotic misuse practices. These practices are related to social factors such as education level, poverty, ethnicity, and use of traditional medicine. Through a survey, this study aims to analyse the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of antimicrobial use, in an indigenous community in the south of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was observed that the population had a low socioeconomic profile, poor access to healthcare services, low academic level, little knowledge of antibiotics, the use of traditional medicine, and proper attitudes and practices regarding antibiotics use. Therefore, social factors are related to bacterial resistance only if they make the population prone to the use of antimicrobials. Lack of medical access and cultural factors drives this population to use ancestral alternatives such traditional medicine to treat conditions that in other contexts could be treated with antibiotics. This is an example of how the population can reduce the consumption of antimicrobials in infections if they have a reliable alternative that improves their symptoms.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Healthcare (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Healthcare (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México País de publicação: Suíça