The 'Drug Bag' method: lessons from anthropological studies of antibiotic use in Africa and South-East Asia
| Autor: | Eleanor E MacPherson, Yuzana Khine Zaw, C Hutchison, Christine Nabirye, Justin Dixon, Laurie Denyer Willis, Susan Nayiga, Clare I R Chandler, Salome Manyau, Miriam Kayendeke |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Male
antibiotic resistance antibiotic use 0302 clinical medicine pile sorting Prevalence 030212 general & internal medicine South east asia Sociology Asia Southeastern media_common 2. Zero hunger education.field_of_study Point (typography) lcsh:Public aspects of medicine 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Methods Forum Drug Resistance Microbial Public relations wa_300 3. Good health Anti-Bacterial Agents Research Design Antibiotic use Female 0305 other medical science Medical terminology media_common.quotation_subject Population Context (language use) wa_395 qw_45 03 medical and health sciences Animals Humans Conversation antimicrobial resistance education household surveys business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Drug Utilization Antibiotic Resistance Africa Stewardship business |
| Zdroj: | Global Health Action Global Health Action, Vol 12, Iss S1 (2019) Dixon, J, MacPherson, E, Manyau, S, Nayiga, S, Khine Zaw, Y, Kayendeke, M, Nabirye, C, Denyer Willis, L, de Lima Hutchison, C & Chandler, C I R 2019, ' The ‘Drug Bag’ method : Lessons from anthropological studies of antibiotic use in Africa and South-East Asia ', Global Health Action, vol. 12, no. 1, 1639388, pp. 1-11 . https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1639388 |
| ISSN: | 1654-9716 1654-9880 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/16549716.2019.1639388 |
| Popis: | Understanding the prevalence and types of antibiotics used in a given human and/or animal population is important for informing stewardship strategies. Methods used to capture such data often rely on verbal elicitation of reported use that tend to assume shared medical terminology. Studies have shown the category ‘antibiotic’ does not translate well linguistically or conceptually, which limits the accuracy of these reports. This article presents a ‘Drug Bag’ method to study antibiotic use (ABU) in households and on farms, which involves using physical samples of all the antibiotics available within a given study site. We present the conceptual underpinnings of the method, and our experiences of using this method to produce data about antibiotic recognition, use and accessibility in the context of anthropological research in Africa and South-East Asia. We illustrate the kinds of qualitative and quantitative data the method can produce, comparing and contrasting our experiences in different settings. The Drug Bag method can produce accurate antibiotic use data as well as provide a talking point for participants to discuss antibiotic experiences. We propose it can help improve our understanding of antibiotic use in peoples’ everyday lives across different contexts, and our reflections add to a growing conversation around methods to study ABU beyond prescriber settings, where data gaps are currently substantial. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|