Health communication for AMR behaviour change: Zimbabwean students' relationships with the microbial world.

Autor:	Mickelsson M; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden., Usai T; Faculty of Education, Department of Science Technology and Design Education, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe., Chinofunga D; Faculty of Education, Department of Science Technology and Design Education, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe., Oljans E; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.; The Department of Movement, Culture and Society, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	JAC-antimicrobial resistance [JAC Antimicrob Resist] 2023 Dec 11; Vol. 5 (6), pp. dlad133. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 11 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1093/jacamr/dlad133
Abstrakt:	Background: Microbes have a global impact on health; microbial relationships benefit and impair quality of life. Negative health impacts of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in our relationships with the microbial world are primarily borne by the Global South. Objectives: To study experiences, understandings and practices of Zimbabwean students regarding health, food and microbes. Methods: Using purposive sampling, Zimbabwean school students were recruited as participants in group interviews supported by participant observation, exploring the relationships between health, food and microbes. Results: The study included 120 students from six upper secondary schools in the Midland Region and Gweru District. Findings identify two categories: microbial relationships and microbial encounters, each with three subcategories. Food emerged as both mediating artefacts and mediating experiences, enabling the students to link biomedical explanations of AMR and their everyday lives with friends and family. The necessity for health communication to explore and engage with participants' contextual preferences and motivations is highlighted. When discussing food choices and practices, students considered the beneficial relationships with the microbial world. Conclusions: A contextually relevant approach is outlined, where food mediates the relationship between student health and the microbial world, supporting health communication for AMR behaviour change. Expanding AMR education to include the everyday experiences of food enables students to link the pressing sustainability challenge of AMR to their health goals. The study showcases how the exploration of microbial relationships and food practices as a ubiquitous feature of community life can form a basis for AMR prevention and control. (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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