ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners2010
Antibiotic identification, use, and self-medication for respiratory illnesses among urban Latinos.
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- The vicious cycle of the public's irrational use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: A mixed methods systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Antibiotic knowledge among ethnic minority groups in high-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- Using wastewater surveillance to investigate community-level differences in antibacterial resistance in a major urban center, USA.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015-2020: a cross-sectional analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Factors of Self-medication with Antibiotics in Claiborne County, Tennessee.Journal of Appalachian health · 2023Article
- Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and reported practice during pregnancy and six months after birth: a follow- up study in Lao PDR.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Factors associated with self-medication of antibiotics by caregivers in pediatric patients attending the emergency department: a case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of Antibiotic Use and Drivers of Cross-Border Procurement in a Mexican American Border Community.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Evidence of the Practice of Self-Medication with Antibiotics among the Lay Public in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Substandard Quality of the Antimicrobials Sold in the Street Markets in Haiti.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Investigation of early antibiotic use in pediatric patients with acute respiratory infections by high-performance liquid chromatography.Biomedical chromatography : BMC · 2020Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to self-medication with antimicrobials in Lilongwe, Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2019Article
- Patterns of Self-Medication Behavior for Oral Health Problems Among Adults Living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Determinants of Self-Medication With Antibiotics in European and Anglo-Saxon Countries: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Awareness about antibiotic resistance in a self-medication user group from Eastern Romania: a pilot study.PeerJ · 2017Article
- Nonprescription Antimicrobial Use in a Primary Care Population in the United States.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2016Article
- Is 'self-medication' a useful term to retrieve related publications in the literature? A systematic exploration of related terms.PloS one · 2015Article
- Antibiotic sales in rural and urban pharmacies in northern Vietnam: an observational study.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2014Article
- Parental health literacy, knowledge and beliefs regarding upper respiratory infections (URI) in an urban Latino immigrant population.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2012Article
- Reasons for self-medication and perceptions of risk among Mexican migrant farm workers.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2012Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to describe the extent to which antibiotic and nonantibiotic medications commonly used for upper respiratory infections (URIs) were correctly identified by a sample of urban dwelling Latinas and the association of medication identification with antibiotic use and self-medication. DATA SOURCES: One hundred women completed an interview and were asked to identify whether a list of 39 medications (17 antibiotics, 22 nonantibiotics) were antibiotics or not, whether anyone in the household had used the medication, their ages, and the source of the medication.
resultsOverall, participants correctly identified 62% of nonantibiotics and 34% of antibiotics. Seventy three (73%) women in the study reported antibiotic use by at least one member of the household in the past year. Among users, self-medication was reported in 67.2% of antibiotics for adults, but in only 2.4% of children. There was no difference in antibiotic recognition between those who self-medicated and those who did not, but antibiotic self-medication was associated with a significantly lower recognition of nonantibiotics (p= .01). IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Measures to improve antibiotic utilization should address self-medication and consider the cultural and social context in which antibiotic use occurs.
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