Health service waiting areas commonly provide health information, resources and supports
for consumers; however, the effect on health literacy and related outcomes remains unclear …

Objectives To explore the views of parents and carers regarding the management of acute
otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who are at low risk of …

The scope of antimicrobial stewardship programs has expanded beyond the acute hospital
setting. The need to optimize antimicrobial use in emergency departments, urgent, primary …

Objectives To examine public beliefs about antibiotics, AMR, and knowledge of antibiotic
use, and how these relate to self-reported antibiotic use. Methods Two hundred and fifty …

Introduction The rate of community antibiotic use is high in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ)
when compared to other nations, and in NZ, as in most other nations, antibiotics are very …

Background There is a lack of evidence regarding post-consultation symptom trajectories for
patients with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and whether patient characteristics can be …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to public health. Addressing unnecessary
antibiotic use provides an opportunity to reduce antibiotic consumption and to slow AMR …

Background and objective: Veterans' Affairs (VA) healthcare providers perceive that
Veterans expect and base visit satisfaction on receiving antibiotics for upper respiratory tract …

Background: Despite the fact that more than 90% of upper respiratory infections in children
are viral in origin, there is a high frequency of Antibiotics overuse in children who come with …

Background: Indiscriminate use of antibiotics is a well-known reason for increasing
antimicrobial resistance. Upper respiratory tract infection presents with similar symptoms …