Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use
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Summary: | The clinical efficacy of antibiotics depends on their correct use. Widespread ignorance and inappropriate attitudes to antibiotic use have been identified among consumers. In order to improve the knowledge of middle-school students on antibiotics and their correct use, 82 ninth-grade students were enrolled in a teaching activity. The teaching activity consisted of a slide show presentation followed by discussion in a regular class. To evaluate the impact of the teaching activity the students were asked to answer a questionnaire before and after the activity. This study aimed: (1) to evaluate knowledge on the use of antibiotics in students of two schools in the north of Portugal and (2) to evaluate the efficacy of the school intervention in improving students' knowledge on correct antibiotic use. We found lack of knowledge among students regarding antibiotic spectra and indications and incorrect attitudes in the pre-test. Significant increases in knowledge were observed after implementation of the teaching activity. Knowledge of the correct use of antibiotics for bacterial diseases rather than viral diseases rose from 43% to 76% in the post-test (p < 0.01). Knowledge of the risk of bacterial resistance to antibiotics from their incorrect use rose from 48% to 74% in the post-test (p < 0.05). We believe that it is important to reinforce the teaching activities on microbiology and antibiotic use at the middle school level. |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic useAntibioticsKnowledge attitudes/practices on antibiotic useMiddle-school studentsSchool teaching interventionScience & TechnologyThe clinical efficacy of antibiotics depends on their correct use. Widespread ignorance and inappropriate attitudes to antibiotic use have been identified among consumers. In order to improve the knowledge of middle-school students on antibiotics and their correct use, 82 ninth-grade students were enrolled in a teaching activity. The teaching activity consisted of a slide show presentation followed by discussion in a regular class. To evaluate the impact of the teaching activity the students were asked to answer a questionnaire before and after the activity. This study aimed: (1) to evaluate knowledge on the use of antibiotics in students of two schools in the north of Portugal and (2) to evaluate the efficacy of the school intervention in improving students' knowledge on correct antibiotic use. We found lack of knowledge among students regarding antibiotic spectra and indications and incorrect attitudes in the pre-test. Significant increases in knowledge were observed after implementation of the teaching activity. Knowledge of the correct use of antibiotics for bacterial diseases rather than viral diseases rose from 43% to 76% in the post-test (p < 0.01). Knowledge of the risk of bacterial resistance to antibiotics from their incorrect use rose from 48% to 74% in the post-test (p < 0.05). We believe that it is important to reinforce the teaching activities on microbiology and antibiotic use at the middle school level.MDPI AGUniversidade do MinhoAzevedo, Maria-ManuelPinheiro, CelineYaphe, JohnBaltazar, Fátima2013-07-152013-07-15T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/25092eng1660-460110.3390/ijerph10072920http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerphinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:08:09Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25092Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:59:20.608564Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use Azevedo, Maria-Manuel Antibiotics Knowledge attitudes/practices on antibiotic use Middle-school students School teaching intervention Science & Technology |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Assessing the impact of a school intervention to promote students' knowledge and practices on correct antibiotic use |
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Azevedo, Maria-Manuel |
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Azevedo, Maria-Manuel Pinheiro, Celine Yaphe, John Baltazar, Fátima |
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Pinheiro, Celine Yaphe, John Baltazar, Fátima |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Azevedo, Maria-Manuel Pinheiro, Celine Yaphe, John Baltazar, Fátima |
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Antibiotics Knowledge attitudes/practices on antibiotic use Middle-school students School teaching intervention Science & Technology |
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Antibiotics Knowledge attitudes/practices on antibiotic use Middle-school students School teaching intervention Science & Technology |
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The clinical efficacy of antibiotics depends on their correct use. Widespread ignorance and inappropriate attitudes to antibiotic use have been identified among consumers. In order to improve the knowledge of middle-school students on antibiotics and their correct use, 82 ninth-grade students were enrolled in a teaching activity. The teaching activity consisted of a slide show presentation followed by discussion in a regular class. To evaluate the impact of the teaching activity the students were asked to answer a questionnaire before and after the activity. This study aimed: (1) to evaluate knowledge on the use of antibiotics in students of two schools in the north of Portugal and (2) to evaluate the efficacy of the school intervention in improving students' knowledge on correct antibiotic use. We found lack of knowledge among students regarding antibiotic spectra and indications and incorrect attitudes in the pre-test. Significant increases in knowledge were observed after implementation of the teaching activity. Knowledge of the correct use of antibiotics for bacterial diseases rather than viral diseases rose from 43% to 76% in the post-test (p < 0.01). Knowledge of the risk of bacterial resistance to antibiotics from their incorrect use rose from 48% to 74% in the post-test (p < 0.05). We believe that it is important to reinforce the teaching activities on microbiology and antibiotic use at the middle school level. |
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