Antibiotic Use in the Communities—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Antimicrobial resistance has rapidly increased and has become a major threat to global public health. It is accelerated by the reckless use of antibiotics in health care by health care workers and the public, as well as in agriculture. The cause for this increase in antimicrobial resistance is, to a large degree, behavioral. In addition to the appropriate prescription and use of antibiotics, other behavioral measures to prevent infections, such as maintaining vaccines and hygiene, help to prevent antibiotic resistance.

This Special Issue, “Antibiotic Use in the Community”, focuses on the behavioral aspects of antibiotic use and infection prevention in the community. After the success of the first volume on this topic, we are delighted to launch a second, in which we hope to bring together the new advances in this area of research. Papers addressing the great variety of behavioral aspects in antibiotic use and infection control are welcome. These can include socioeconomic, cultural, educational, and psychological studies, and can be based on any research design, from quantitative to qualitative studies and macro-level indicators.

We kindly invite original research articles as well as review papers. All articles will be peer reviewed.

Prof. Dr. Timo Juhani Lajunen
Prof. Dr. Mark Sullman
Guest Editors

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• antibiotic use
• community
• behavior
• socioeconomic factors
• culture
• values

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