Dissertation Research: Self Medication with Antibiotics of Women in Zaire

论文研究：扎伊尔妇女抗生素的自我治疗

• 批准号: 9708219
• 负责人: Janet McGrath
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Case Western Reserve University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 1999-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9708219&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Self; Medication; Antibiotics

This project involves the dissertation research of an anthropology student from Case Western Reserve University. The project is to study the nature of self-medication with antibiotics by women in a regional city in Zaire. The student hypothesizes that self-treatment with antibiotics has become the preferred therapy among women regardless of variation of illness conceptions or severity of symptoms. The study will collect data from women of reproductive age using in-depth interviews, systematic elicitation techniques and open ended questions from a relatively small set of women. Based on the knowledge gained a survey will be designed and administered to about 250 women selected through a multistage sampling method. From this sample a subsample of 15 women who report having experience with STD symptoms will be interviewed in-depth in order to examine the actual context of decision making. Pharmacists and other antibiotic drug vendors will also be interviewed. This research is important because powerful antibiotic medications are commonly sold without prescription or other expert medical control all over the developing world, leading to the development of drug-resistant strains of disease. The new knowledge from this project about how and why people self-medicate will be valuable to health planners and decision makers in designing programs to address health needs while minimizing inappropriate use of antibiotic medicinal drugs.

本项目涉及凯斯西储大学人类学学生的论文研究。 该项目的目的是研究扎伊尔一个地区城市妇女自行服用抗生素的性质。 该学生假设，无论疾病概念或症状严重程度如何，抗生素自我治疗已成为女性的首选疗法。 这项研究将利用深入访谈、系统的启发式技巧和开放式问题从相对较少的一组妇女中收集育龄妇女的数据。根据所获得的知识，将设计一项调查，并对通过多级抽样方法选出的约250名妇女进行调查。 从这一样本中，将对15名报告有性病症状的妇女进行深入访谈，以检查决策的实际情况。 药房和其他抗生素药物供应商也将接受采访。 这项研究很重要，因为强大的抗生素药物通常在没有处方或其他专家医疗控制的情况下在发展中国家销售，导致耐药菌株的发展。 从这个项目中获得的关于人们如何以及为什么自我保健的新知识将对卫生规划者和决策者在设计方案以满足健康需求同时最大限度地减少抗生素药物的不适当使用方面很有价值。