Availability of antibiotics without prescription in New York city
Availability of antibiotics without prescription in New York city
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DOI：
10.1093/jurban/jth133
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
Grullon-Figueroa, L
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作者：
Larson, E;Grullon-Figueroa, L
社区中抗生素的滥用与越来越多的抗生素耐药菌株的出现有关。虽然在美国，抗生素是由卫生保健提供者开处方的，但通过其他途径获得抗生素的程度尚不清楚。这篇文章的目的是描述在几个曼哈顿，纽约，邻里独立企业的非处方抗生素的可用性的调查。对三个社区的101家商店进行了调查——一家主要是西班牙裔；一个主要是非西班牙裔黑人；另一个主要是白人，非西班牙裔。西班牙裔社区的所有商店都有抗生素（n=34），但其他商店都没有（P < .001）。如果要使抗生素使用合理化的努力取得成功，就必须考虑到亚人群的信仰和文化规范，并且干预措施必须与文化相关。
Misuse of antibiotics in the community has been associated with emergence of increasingly antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Although antibiotics in the United States are to be prescribed by a health care provider, the extent to which they are obtained by other means is not known. The Purpose of this article is to describe a survey of the availability of nonprescription antibiotics in neighborhood independent businesses in several Manhattan, New York, neighborhoods. A survey was conducted of 101 stores in three neighborhoods-one primarily Hispanic; one primarily black, non-Hispanic; and one primarily white, non-Hispanic. Antibiotics were available in all stores in the Hispanic neighborhood (n=34), but in none of the others (P < .001). If efforts to rationalize the use of antibiotics are to be successful, the beliefs and cultural norms of subpopulations must be considered, and interventions must be culturally relevant.