Effect of an Educational Intervention on Mothers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Proper Antibiotic Use in a Selected Family Health Center

El–Kader, Rabab Gad Abd; Mohammed, Hanan Hamed

doi:10.31674/mjn.2021.v12i03.003

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“…Parents give the antibiotic to their children if it is not necessary to wait and a child with cold and heart symptoms will be sick for a longer period if not treated with antibiotics, underscoring the satisfactory improvement in practice when comparing pre-test and post-test. This result is similar with the previous result which found that overall practice's score of parents was unsatisfactory before implementing the educational program, with an improvement of the overall practice score after the implementation of the educational program (Abd El-Kader & Mohammed, 2021).…”

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“…However, the knowledge and attitude of parents about using antibiotics is significantly improved through the educational program. This finding is consistent with studies that were conducted by Shehadeh et al (2016), andAbd El-Kader andMohammed (2021), who reported that the overall knowledge about appropriate antibiotic use improved educational intervention. Moreover, the present finding was in line with a community-based interventional study conducted in the United Arab Emirates by Rabbani et al (2020) using an awareness survey of the World Health Organization about antibiotic resistance.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…This study highlights the effect of educational intervention on parents' knowledge and attitude regarding children's antibiotic use, especially those with an upper respiratory infection. Worldwide, enhancing the parents' knowledge about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance by conducting periodic educational interventions has been strongly advocated (Abd El-Kader & Mohammed, 2021). Misuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics among children is a crucial factor for the development of bacterial resistance that increases the social, economic, and clinical burdens (Mallah et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Impact of Educational Intervention on Jordanian Parents' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Children's Antibiotic Use

Al Shikh,

Bani Hani,

Smiran R

2024

JJNR

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Background: Self-administration of antibiotics is a common health issue that increases antibiotic resistance. Educational interventions can play an important role in tackling the global dilemma of antibiotic resistance, which is aggravated by antibiotic misuse and overuse. For Jordanian parents, better understanding and attitudes toward antibiotic use for their children can lead to more cautious use of these treatments, potentially lowering the risk of antibiotic resistance. Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the effect of educational intervention on parents' knowledge and attitudes regarding children’s antibiotic use. Methods: One-group pre-posttest was used. An adapted questionnaire was used composed of socio-demographic data, parents’ knowledge, and attitudes toward antibiotics. An educational program consisting of a teaching session of 30 minutes covering information about antibiotics and standardized practice to teach community parents about the appropriate use of antibiotics among their children was utilized, where the education session was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a review of many studies that were held in Arabic countries was carried out (Ashour et al., 2022; Magdy et al., 2021; van Buul et al., 2015). The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Jordan Food and Drug Association have reviewed relevant studies with high content validity. Data for this study was collected between March and August 2023. Data was checked for missing and inconsistency. Descriptive statistics of means, frequencies, standard deviations, and percentages were used with categorical and continuous demographics while inferential statistics of the independent t-test were used after checking the normal distribution of data using SPSS, version 25. Results: A total of 150 parents were recruited in this study. Around one-third of the parents were from 18 to 25 years old (n=50, 33.3%). A paired-sample t-test was used to assess the mean difference in parents’ knowledge and practices toward effective usage of antibiotics. It was revealed that introducing an educational program has caused a statistically significant difference that improved parents’ knowledge (t (149) = 10.5, P <0.001). For practice, the educational program showed a significant mean difference before intervention (15.0 ±1.05) and post-intervention (16.9 ±3.53), where (t (149) = 6.02, P <0.001). Conclusion: An educational-program intervention was carried out to raise the study parents’ awareness of antibiotics. Antibiotic-related awareness greatly increased after the educational intervention. Implications for Nursing: Addressing antibiotic misuse and overuse among Jordanian parents through targeted educational interventions necessitates a complex approach that includes healthcare professionals, legislators, educational systems, and the community. Working collaboratively, all of these stakeholders can help reduce antibiotic resistance and keep antibiotics a useful tool for treating bacterial illnesses in children. Keywords: Antibiotics use, Children, Upper respiratory tract infection, Knowledge, Attitudes, Parents, Educational intervention.

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confidence: 99%

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The Impact of Educational Intervention on Jordanian Parents' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Children's Antibiotic Use

Al Shikh,

Bani Hani,

Smiran R

2024

JJNR

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“…Pediatric caregiverfocused education is effective at changing parent attitudes toward the use of antibiotics as shown in our study. A study conducted in Malaysia reveals that health education session on appropriate use of antibiotics improved mothers' level of awareness, practice and attitude about proper use of antibiotic of their children compared to baseline measures [15]. Similarly, in an intervention study using educational videotape on antibiotic use among parents in USA, the parents who were exposed to the videotape were significantly less inclined to seek antibiotics for viral infections than those not exposed [16].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Section one provided details of participants demographics, section two was a 10-item question on knowledge of antibiotics in treatment of infections and measures to reduce infection and use of antibiotics in pediatrics, while section three was an 8-item question on appropriate use of antibiotic in pediatric dosage form. Questions were developed from extensive literature review on similar studies that have been done [13][14][15]. Responses were presented in a 5-likert scale of strongly disagree, disagree, undecided, agree and strongly agree with a score of 1 to 5, respectively.…”

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Bridging the gap in knowledge and use of antibiotics among pediatric caregivers: comparing two educational interventions

Aika

Enato

2023

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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Background The inappropriate use of antibiotics in pediatrics contributes to antimicrobial resistance. Behavior change intervention involving education to improve the use of antibiotics is a strategy included in antimicrobial stewardship. This study aims to evaluate and compare the impact of two educational interventions on knowledge of antibiotic and its use among pediatric home caregivers. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the pediatric out-patient department of a healthcare facility. A structured questionnaire was administered to sixty pediatric caregivers. Pediatric caregivers were grouped in two of 30. Caregivers in a group filled the questionnaire, and refilled the same questionnaire after a one-on-one education. The second arm refilled the questionnaire after a group education. Ethical clearance was obtained and participants gave consent. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22 and Graph pad Instat, p values < 0.05 were considered significant. Results Fouty-nine (81.7%) participants believe that antibiotics can treat malaria infection [8(13.3%) after education)], 43(71.7%) of respondents agreed that antibiotics can be used to treat all kinds of diarrhea, while 45(65%) of them thought that antibiotics in powder form can be reconstituted with hot or warm water before use [7(11.7%) after education]. Mean score among the sixty participants before and after education on knowledge and use of antibiotics were 36.1 ± 6.467 versus 46.7 ± 4.027 (p≤0.0001) and 29.82 ± 4.949 versus 36.92 ± 3.997 (p≤ 0.0001), respectively. Mean score on knowledge and use of antibiotics for one-on-one versus group education were 46.7 ± 4.027 versus 43.3 ± 6.249 (p = 0.022) and 37.9 ± 3.044 versus 35.93 ± 4.608 (p = 0.039), respectively. Conclusions Many pediatric caregivers had poor knowledge on antibiotics and use which improved significantly after education. One-on-one education has more impact than group education. Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals can use counseling opportunity to inform caregivers on appropriate knowledge and use of antibiotics consistently to change behavior.

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Effect of an Educational Intervention on Mothers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Proper Antibiotic Use in a Selected Family Health Center

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The Impact of Educational Intervention on Jordanian Parents' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Children's Antibiotic Use

The Impact of Educational Intervention on Jordanian Parents' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Children's Antibiotic Use

Bridging the gap in knowledge and use of antibiotics among pediatric caregivers: comparing two educational interventions

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