Background Social and behavioural drivers of inappropriate antibiotic use contribute to
antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Recent reports indicate the Australian community consumes …

The ageing population is increasingly using self-medication due to comorbidities. Most
people who self-medicate use over-the-counter (OTC) medications bought from private …

Background There is an increasing trend on the practices of parental self-medication with
antibiotics (PSMA) around world, accelerating the antibiotic abuse. This study aims to …

Background Antibiotic self-medication is common in low-and middle-income countries. This
study aimed to evaluate the Sri Lankan public's knowledge about and attitudes toward …

Individual antibiotic use for common infections is a focus for public health efforts seeking to
prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These approaches employ a binary opposition of …

As antibiotics have become increasingly ineffective against bacteria, antibiotic stewardship
has been introduced across a variety of settings world-wide. Members of the public have …

This paper explores the understandings of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
among ethnically diverse informants in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 31 face-to-face semi …

The aim of conducting a systematic review of the available literature on antibiotic self-
medication was to obtain comprehensive data on prevalence, reasons, common antibiotics …

Immigrants intended to more rely on self-medication because of the difficulty of accessing
formal healthcare in host countries. Negative consequences could occur when self …

Non-prescribed antibiotic use occurs worldwide and is an important contributor to antibiotic
resistance. Social and health system factors were related to the practice of self-medication …