Assessing community antibiotic usage and adherence as per standard treatment guidelines: A potential area to enhance awareness at community pharmacy settings
Targeted interventions in diverse healthcare settings are essential, including user-centric research and enhancing patient knowledge and involvement. Strengthening patient-physician relationships and involving community pharmacies in antimicrobial stewardship programs can improve antibiotic dispensing and counselling practices among drug-sellers.
Authors
- Malabika Sarker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7293-8805)
- Muhammad Asaduzzaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-7980)
- Zubair Akhtar
- Ramesh Lahiru Walpola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-0558)
- Alamgir Kabir
- Holly Seale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-5395)
- Abdullah Al Masud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9345-4703)
- Ayesha Tasnim Mostafa
- Md Saiful Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5690-5971)
Institutions
- John Brown University (US)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- BRAC University (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
- Published
- 2024-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100552
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52