Public awareness and individual responsibility needed for judicious use of antibiotics: a qualitative study of public beliefs and perceptions

• Main Authors: Mirko Ancillotti (Author), Stefan Eriksson (Author), Jorien Veldwijk (Author), Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist (Author), Dan I. Andersson (Author), Tove Godskesen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background High consumption of antibiotics has been identified as an important driver for the increasing antibiotic resistance, considered to be one of the greatest threats to public health globally. Simply informing the public about this consequence is insufficient to induce behavioral cha...