Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Parents in the Use of Antibiotics: A Case Study in a Mexican Indigenous Community

Author:

González-Villoria Ana María1ORCID,García Quiroz Alma Delia1,Osorio Guzmán Edgar Ulises2,Suarez-Herrera José Carlos3,Abeldaño Zuñiga Roberto Ariel14ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Postgraduate Department, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca 70800, Mexico

2. Benemérito Instituto Normal del Estado General Juan Crisóstomo Bonilla, Puebla 72140, Mexico

3. UNITWIN/UNESCO IPD-SILOS, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

4. Centre for Social Data Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

The rise and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a global health problem. At the community level, bacterial resistance has been linked to antibiotic misuse practices. These practices are related to social factors such as education level, poverty, ethnicity, and use of traditional medicine. Through a survey, this study aims to analyse the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of antimicrobial use, in an indigenous community in the south of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was observed that the population had a low socioeconomic profile, poor access to healthcare services, low academic level, little knowledge of antibiotics, the use of traditional medicine, and proper attitudes and practices regarding antibiotics use. Therefore, social factors are related to bacterial resistance only if they make the population prone to the use of antimicrobials. Lack of medical access and cultural factors drives this population to use ancestral alternatives such traditional medicine to treat conditions that in other contexts could be treated with antibiotics. This is an example of how the population can reduce the consumption of antimicrobials in infections if they have a reliable alternative that improves their symptoms.

Funder

University of Helsinki

Publisher

MDPI AG

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