Open Access<p>Prevalence and Factors Associated with Parents Self-Medicating Under-Fives with Antibiotics in Bagamoyo District Council, Tanzania: a Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Beatus Simon,
Method Kazaura
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s263517
Subject(s) - tanzania , medicine , medical prescription , amoxicillin , cross sectional study , pediatrics , antibiotics , environmental health , under five , family medicine , demography , socioeconomics , nursing , pathology , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is a global problem. This extends to medication of under-fives by their parents. In particular, there is currently insufficient information for this problem.