Increasing awareness about antibiotic use and resistance: a hands-on project for high school students.
Increasing awareness about antibiotic use and resistance: a hands-on project for high school students.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0044699
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Tavares F
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作者：
Fonseca MJ;Santos CL;Costa P;Lencastre L;Tavares F
促进健康的教育对于培育一个信息社会至关重要，使其能够根据科学上可持续的标准就社会科学问题作出决定。抗生素耐药性目前是一个重大的公共卫生问题。考虑到不合理使用抗生素与抗生素耐药细菌的发展和广泛相关，有必要进行教育干预，以促进谨慎使用抗生素。这项研究的重点是葡萄牙波尔图大学实施的一项干预计划的结果，该计划旨在提高高中水平(15-17岁)对抗生素耐药性的认识。微生物食谱：抗生素点菜项目阐明了一系列湿和干实验室活动，旨在促进参与者对抗生素生产和活动背后的概念和过程的理解，例如抗生素作用机制的概念。采用基于−/POST前设计的混合方法，通过收集调查、直接观察和分析42名高中生(15岁和16岁)的数据来评估该项目的有效性。结果表明，参与者对抗生素耐药性有了更全面的了解。该项目被证明促进了对细菌和抗生素更复杂的概念化，提高了对抗生素耐药性危险的认识，并提高了对可以采取措施缓解这一问题的认识。与会者认为他们的经历令人愉快和有益，并认为该项目有助于增进他们对所讨论问题的了解并提高他们的兴趣。此外，他们在实验室技术方面的程序技能也有了改进。这项研究证明了提高高中生对抗生素耐药性后果的认识以及明智使用抗生素的重要性的可能性。这些发现揭示了将实践活动纳入科学教育计划的教育益处。
Health-promoting education is essential to foster an informed society able to make decisions about socio-scientific issues based on scientifically sustained criteria. Antibiotic resistance is currently a major public health issue. Considering that irrational antibiotic use has been associated with the development and widespread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, educational interventions to promote prudent antibiotic consumption are required. This study focuses on the outcomes of an interventional program implemented at the University of Porto, Portugal, to promote awareness about antibiotic resistance at high school levels (15–17 year old). The project Microbiology recipes: antibiotics à la carte articulates a set of wet and dry lab activities designed to promote the participants’ understanding of concepts and processes underlying antibiotics’ production and activity, such as the notion of mechanisms of action of antibiotics. Following a mix-method approach based on a pre−/post design, the effectiveness of this project was assessed by gathering data from surveys, direct observation and analysis of artifacts of 42 high school students (aged 15 and 16 years). The results indicate that the participants developed a more comprehensive picture of antibiotic resistance. The project was shown to promote more sophisticated conceptualizations of bacteria and antibiotics, increased awareness about the perils of antibiotic resistance, and enhanced consciousness towards measures that can be undertaken to mitigate the problem. The participants regarded their experiences as enjoyable and useful, and believed that the project contributed to improve their understanding and raise their interest about the issues discussed. Furthermore, there were also improvements in their procedural skills concerning the laboratory techniques performed. This study evidences the possibility of increasing high school students’ awareness about the consequences of antibiotic resistance and the importance of judicious antibiotic use. The findings inform about the educational benefits of incorporating hands-on activities in science education programs.
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