Driving antibiotic stewardship awareness through the minibus-taxi community across the Tshwane District, South Africa-a baseline evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The minibus-taxi community plays an integral role within society, and for years this community has been neglected. Of late, studies on minibus-taxi operators' health and their perceptions of HIV have emerged. Antibiotic resistance is a global problem and to help curb its spread studies have looked into the knowledge, attitude and perceptions amongst students and healthcare professionals, and yet little to nothing is known about the minibus-taxi community.

Objectives

To assess the knowledge and understanding of the minibus-taxi community on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, and document indigenous antibiotic terminology used across the Tshwane District in Gauteng, South Africa.

Methods

A semi-structured questionnaire was adopted from WHO, translated int

SUBMITTER: Mokoena TTW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8346700 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature