The impact of law enforcement on dispensing antibiotics without prescription: a multi-methods study from Saudi Arabia

AA Alrasheedy, MA Alsalloum, FA Almuqbil… - Expert review of anti …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Dispensing of antibiotics without a prescription (DAwP) has been widely
practised among community pharmacies in Saudi Arabia despite being illegal. However, in …

Self-medication with antibiotics: A cross-sectional community-based study

MA Mahmoud, S Wajid, AA Naqvi… - … American Journal of …, 2020 - nchr.elsevierpure.com
This study aimed to evaluate self-medication with antibiotics in the general Indian
population. A cross-sectional community-based online survey was conducted for a period of …

Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing

A Aslam, M Gajdács, CS Zin, NS Binti Abd Rahman… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is well documented that injudicious antibiotic use and practicing self-medication with
antibiotics (SMA) can lead to antibiotic resistance. The objective was to validate and develop …

Self-medication practice and associated factors among University of Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences Students: a cross-sectional study

N Zeru, D Fetene, DM Geberu… - Patient preference and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Self-medication is the use of medicines by individuals to treat self-recognized
illnesses or symptoms without any medical supervision. Such practices may cause …

Tingkat Pengetahuan Penggunaan Antibiotik pada Mahasiswa Kesehatan Universitas Sahid Surakarta

RS Pambudi, BND Utari - Jurnal Dunia Farmasi, 2020 - garuda.kemdikbud.go.id
Pendahuluan: Antibiotik menjadi salah satu jenis obat yang sering disalahgunakan dan
berakibat terjadinya resistensi. Resistensi antibiotik meningkat karena pengetahuan yang …

Antibiotic use in pregnancy: knowledge, attitudes and practices among pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa

ANH Bulabula, A Dramowski… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To establish the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding antibiotic
use and self-medication among pregnant women. Methods We conducted a KAP survey of …

[HTML][HTML] Engaging community pharmacies in early detection of missing tuberculosis patients through public–private mix intervention in Pakistan

W Ullah, H Almansour, R Fatima, B Saini… - The American journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Globally, Pakistan ranks fifth in terms of missing tuberculosis (TB) patients' burden. Missed
TB cases are either undiagnosed or diagnosed but not notified to the national TB database …

Community pharmacists' views of the enforced antibiotics dispensing law and its impact on oral antibiotics sales in Saudi Arabia

M AlRukban, Y AlRuthia, M Almasaoud… - … and healthcare policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective (s) The aim of this study was to explore community pharmacists' views toward the
antibiotics dispensing law that was enforced in May 2018 and bans the sale of antibiotics …

'What a dog will see and kill, a cat will see and ignore it': An exploration of health‐related help‐seeking among older Ghanaian men residing in Ghana and the United …

L Alidu, EA Grunfeld - British Journal of Health Psychology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Health care utilization rates are lower among men; however, little is known
about how men's health care utilization is affected by migration. The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and outcomes of web-based health information seeking for acute symptoms: cross-sectional study

L Aoun, N Lakkis, J Antoun - Journal of medical Internet research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background The literature indicates that Web-based health information seeking is mostly
used for seeking information on well-established diseases. However, only a few studies …