Hi Aaron, thank you for your thoughtful response! The shallow cause writeup talked about public education on the “stewardship of existing antibiotic resources” (“Antibiotic Resistance,” 2013). I do understand that the two statistics may imply separate cases but antibiotic misuse. However, the case study in France, the European nation with the highest antibiotic prescription rates, revealed that an campaign called “Antibiotics are not automatic” administered in France decreased prescriptions by 45% and antibiotic consumption by “26.5%. . . over 5 years” (Sabuncu et al., 2009). This reveals a negative association between antibiotic misuse and knowledge.
I am currently leading the Effective Altruism Club at UC Irvine, CA to integrate education on antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use into the elementary-level education with a form to educate and test parents of their knowledge as well. It is an ongoing project with Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris, so if you’re interested, I can talk more about that as well.
Is the school-based work you’re doing something you hope will become California policy at some point? If so, is it based on similar policy that was successful elsewhere?
Hi Aaron, thank you for your thoughtful response! The shallow cause writeup talked about public education on the “stewardship of existing antibiotic resources” (“Antibiotic Resistance,” 2013). I do understand that the two statistics may imply separate cases but antibiotic misuse. However, the case study in France, the European nation with the highest antibiotic prescription rates, revealed that an campaign called “Antibiotics are not automatic” administered in France decreased prescriptions by 45% and antibiotic consumption by “26.5%. . . over 5 years” (Sabuncu et al., 2009). This reveals a negative association between antibiotic misuse and knowledge.
I am currently leading the Effective Altruism Club at UC Irvine, CA to integrate education on antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use into the elementary-level education with a form to educate and test parents of their knowledge as well. It is an ongoing project with Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris, so if you’re interested, I can talk more about that as well.
Thanks for adding links!
Is the school-based work you’re doing something you hope will become California policy at some point? If so, is it based on similar policy that was successful elsewhere?