Co-designing community-based interventions to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR): what to include and why

BMC Research Notes

Comment

Fariza Fieroze¹  Rumana Huque¹  Md Badruddin Saify¹  Paul Cooke²  Sophia Latham³  Ayuska Parajuli⁴  Sushil Baral⁴  Abriti Arjyal⁴  Helen Hawkings⁵  Prudence Hamade⁵  Nichola Jones⁶  Rebecca King⁶  Jessica Mitchell⁶  Dani Barrington⁷ 

[1] ARK Foundation, 1212, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Centre for World Cinema and Digital Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Leeds, Woodhouse, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK;Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, CH64 7TE, Neston, UK;HERD International, Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, Nepal;Malaria Consortium, The Green House 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, EC2 9DA, London, UK;Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leeds, Woodhouse, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK;University of Western Australia, School of Population and Global Health, 35 Stirling Highway, 6009, Crawley, WA, Australia;

关键词: Antimicrobial resistance;    Community;    One health;    Participatory approaches;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-023-06449-1

 received in 2023-05-18, accepted in 2023-07-31,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a social and biological problem. Although resistance to antimicrobials is a natural phenomenon, many human behaviors are increasing the pressure on microbes to develop resistance which is resulting in many commonly used treatments becoming ineffective. These behaviors include unregulated use of antimicrobial medicines, pesticides and agricultural chemicals, the disposal of heavy metals and other pollutants into the environment, and human-induced climatic change. Addressing AMR thus calls for changes in the behaviors which drive resistance. Community engagement for antimicrobial resistance (CE4AMR) is an international and interdisciplinary network focused on tackling behavioural drivers of AMR at community level. Since 2019 this network has worked within Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs), predominantly within Southeast Asia, to tackle behavioral drivers of AMR can be mitigated through bottom-up solutions championed by local people. This commentary presents seven Key Concepts identified from across the CE4AMR portfolio as integral to tackling AMR. We suggest it be used to guide future interventions aimed at addressing AMR via social, participatory, and behavior-change approaches.

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