Article #1:
Title: Parental knowledge about antibiotic use: results of a
cluster-randomized, multicommunity intervention.
Aim of Intervention: To determine the impact of
community-wide educational intervention on parental misconceptions likely
contributing to pediatric antibiotic overprescribing.
Target Population: Parents of children < 6 years of age.
Target Place: 16 Massachusetts (USA) communities; 8
intervention communities, 8 control communities.
Time Period: 2000 –
2003 (3 years)
Intervention Tool(s): pre-survey à educational newsletters, exposure to educational materials
during visits to local pediatric providers, pharmacies, and child care centers à post-survey.
Technology: Mixed-effect regression models (GLIMMIX macro
and PROC MIXED in SAS, version 8.2; SAS Institute, Cary, NC).
Results: After the 3 year period, 12% improvement in post-survey
scoring from intervention group and 7% improvement in control group.
Costs: Printing and mailing fees of educational material and
surveys, registered statistical software.
Personal Reflection: Though the results did not deem to be distinctly
significant between the intervention and control groups, it is important to
consider that this intervention was held in a developed country where it is
more socially advantaged, as opposed to developing countries such as Indonesia.
Hence for starters, this method of intervention could be considered affordable and
practical to assess parental knowledge on rational antibiotic use here in
Indonesia.
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