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Public attitudes towards bacterial resistance: a qualitative study

Author(s) -

Nancy J. Hawkings,

Fiona Wood,

Christopher Butler

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm103

Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , antibiotics , ecology

Behaviour of members of the public contributes to bacterial resistance. For behavioural change to occur, individuals need to perceive the issue as important to them and feel able to make a valuable contribution. Public campaigns have, so far, not been informed by detailed understanding of public attitudes to the problem. We therefore set out to explore the attitudes of members of the public to bacterial resistance.

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