Pain, infection, and colds and flu: Samoan people's views about antibiotics

General population's knowledge and attitudes about antibiotics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Twenty‐four of these were subsequently excluded because they did not respect the inclusion criteria (Figure ). Finally, 26 studies were selected for the systematic review and twenty‐four of these were included in the meta‐analysis …”

“…All the 26 studies included in the systematic review were cross‐sectional surveys conducted in the general population, published between January 2000 and November 2013. Nine studies were conducted in Europe, 10 were conducted in Asia, four in North America, and two in Oceania . One survey was a multicenter study, conducted in 11 different countries worldwide .…”

“…Sixteen surveys were conducted by face‐to‐face interviews, while seven were telephone surveys, and only three were administered by e‐mail …”

“…Even the face‐to‐face interviews could present some limits because of the method of sampling selection. For instance, to interview people attending health care facilities (patients and their relatives or caregivers) could overrepresent frequent care seekers …”

Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, Samoa, 2007–2008

“…The lack of association between MRSA prevalence and health care exposure or antimicrobial drug use was surprising; however, the data on antimicrobial drug use may not be entirely reliable. A previous study found that many Samoans are unclear about which medicines were antimicrobial drugs ( 30 ). Most of the health care exposure reported in our study related to primary care exposure, and most of the MRSA strains isolated are typically associated with community acquisition ( 31 ).…”