关于纳米比亚合理使用抗微生物药物和抗微生物药物耐药性的知识,态度和实践:在线横截面调查
Anastasia Ndapewa Aluvilu1, Walter L Fuller2, Aina Ndilimeke Erastus1
1World Health Organization Country Office, UN House, Klein Windhoek, Namibia.
Journal of global health
|October 23, 2025
概括
纳米比亚成年人表现出良好的知识,态度和实践,关于抗菌剂的使用和耐药性. 然而,差距仍然存在,突出需要针对性教育和政策干预来打击抗菌素耐药性 (AMR).
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 一个健康的方法.
背景情况:
- 抗菌素耐药性 (AMR) 构成一个重大的全球卫生挑战,不成比例地影响低收入和中等收入国家.
- 了解公众的知识,态度和实践 (KAP) 对于开发有效的抗AMR和抗微生物药物使用 (AMU) 干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估与纳米比亚成年人之间的合理AMU和AMR相关的KAP.
- 为了确定与纳米比亚人口中KAP水平相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项采用在线自主调查的横截面研究.
- 在2024年9月1日至11月17日期间,从18岁以上的纳米比亚成年人中收集的数据.
- 分析涉及描述性统计和千二测试,以探索社会人口统计因素和KAP分数之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在541名受访者中,大多数是女性 (70%),有高等教育 (91.9%).
- 在知识方面,64.3%的人报告了良好的KAP分数,在态度方面79.7%,在实践方面74.9%.
- 较高的KAP分数与教育,就业,城市生活和获得WASH基础设施相关. 关于动物中的AMU和个人AMR风险的持续误解.
结论:
- 尽管KAP总体上很好,但纳米比亚成年人对AMU和AMR的理解和实践存在重大差距.
- 调查结果强调了针对性教育活动和政策干预的必要性,这些干预措施是基于对公共KAP的更深入理解.
- 解决误解对于纳米比亚有效的AMR制战略至关重要.
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