Antibiotic knowledge among ethnic minority groups in high-income countries: A mixed–methods systematic review
Although ethnic minority communities possessed good levels of knowledge on certain aspects of antibiotics (e.g. being able to identify names of antibiotics), there were gaps in other areas (e.g. misperception that antibiotics are used for viral infections). The lower level of knowledge in ethnic minority groups compared to majority groups may be a contributing factor to health inequalities, which calls for co-designed, culturally competent, educational interventions.
Authors
- Rebecca F. Baggaley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4688-3924)
- Pip Divall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9015-3224)
- Nisha George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2929-7197)
- Holly Reilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8984-3802)
- Paul Bird (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5890-5262)
- Zainab Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-5783)
- Pareek Manish
- Mayuri Gogoi
- Luisa Silva
- Laura Nellums
- Daniel Pan
Institutions
- New Mexico Department of Health (US)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- NIHR Research Delivery Network (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health in Practice
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100715
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00