What drives inappropriate use of antibiotics? A mixed methods study from Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

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What drives inappropriate use of antibiotics? A mixed methods study from Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

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PurposeThis study investigates the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general public regarding the use of antibiotics in community pharmacy, in Pakistan.MethodsThis is a mixed method study where data were collected through a validated questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Convenience sampling techniques were used to recruit participants from the general public of Bahawalpur, Pakistan who visited pharmacies to purchase antibiotics between 1 June 2018 and 31 July 2018. Descriptiv...

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2019-01

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Atif, Muhammad / Asghar, Saima / Mushtaq, Irem / Malik, Iram / Amin, Anum / Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din / Scahill, Shane

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/65248

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antibiotic resistance / general public / health literacy / knowledge / self-medication / 3107 Microbiology / 31 Biological Sciences / 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / 3202 Clinical Sciences / Infectious Diseases / Generic health relevance / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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