Open AccessPrevalence and factors associated with self medication with antibiotics among University students in Moshi Kilimanjaro Tanzania
Author(s) -
Bernard Baltazary Chuwa,
Linna Abraham Njau,
Kaizali Ivo Msigwa,
Elichilia R Shao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v21i2.19
Subject(s) - medicine , tanzania , self medication , cross sectional study , population , malaria , amoxicillin , antibiotics , family medicine , population study , pediatrics , environmental health , environmental science , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental planning , immunology , biology
Self medication is a common practice of using medicines without a medical supervision by the people themselves. Self medication is likely to happen when people feel unwell, it is worse in the population with poor helth seeking behavior. Therefore it is important to assess the prevalence and factors associated with self medication with antibiotics among University students in Moshi, Kilimanjaro Tanzania.