ArticleJAC-antimicrobial resistance2019
The second-hand effects of antibiotics: communicating the public health risks of drug resistance.
Article in JAC-antimicrobial resistance, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Institutional spillover effects of antimicrobial use on antimicrobial resistance andAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study Assessing Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Among University Students in Samborondón, Greater Guayaquil, Ecuador.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Leveraging local public health to advance antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) implementation and mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR): a scoping review.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Community engagement to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in low-and middle-income countries - an essential strategy for implementation of national action plans on AMR.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Article
- Science communication challenges about antimicrobial resistance in animal agriculture: insights from stakeholders.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2022Article
- Association Between Nursing Home Crowding and COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in Ontario, Canada.JAMA internal medicine · 2021Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a threat to modern medicine, but there are challenges in communicating its urgency and scope and potential solutions to this growing problem. It is recognized that AMR has a 'language problem' and the way in which healthcare professionals communicate about AMR may not always resonate with patients. Many patients are unaware that antibiotics can have detrimental effects to those beyond the recipient, due to transmission of drug-resistant organisms. The overestimation of benefits and underestimation of risks helps to fuel demand for antibiotic use in situations where they may be of little or no benefit. To better communicate risks, clinicians may borrow the term 'second-hand' from efforts to reduce smoking cessation. We present several examples where antibiotics themselves have second-hand effects beyond the individual recipient in hospitals, long-term care homes and the community. Incorporation of the concept of the second-hand effects of antibiotics into patient counselling, mass messaging and future research may help facilitate a more balanced discussion about the benefits and risks of antibiotic use in order to use these agents more appropriately.
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