Malcolm D Mattes, Steven M Munoz, Charles R Thomas, Curtiland Deville
Pilot Study Exploring the Feasibility of Incorporating Radiation Oncology Into Pre-existing Early Pathway Programs for Diverse Premedical Students
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
one main threats public health today antibiotic resistance resistance leads persistence infections body poses increased risk transmission humans animals various routes food water environment study aimed ascertain overall prevalence knowledge attitudes practices regarding antimicrobial resistance africa systematic review metaanalysis published unpublished studies conducted africa according preferred reporting items systematic reviews metaanalyses prisma guidelines searches conducted using appropriate search terms pubmed web science science direct google scholar african journals online cochrane library data extracted using microsoft excel stata version 14 used analysis publication bias checked funnel plot egger begg regression tests pvalue 005 regarded indicate potential publication bias using i2 statistics heterogeneity studies evaluated using forest plots random effect model used present pooled prevalence 95 confidence interval ci metaanalysis review included 39 studies 18769 study participants among 39 studies 38 knowledge assessment 28 attitude assessment 25 good practice assessment towards antimicrobial resistances overall pooled prevalence level knowledge regarding antimicrobial resistance africa 5533 95 ci 4748 6318 overall pooled prevalence positive attitudes toward antimicrobial resistance africa 4693 95 ci 3510 5876 overall pooled prevalence good practice antimicrobial resistance africa 5105 95 ci 4524 5687 addition subgroup statistical analysis performed metaanalysis stratified population subregion study design types africa pooled prevalence knowledge attitudes practices regarding antimicrobial drug resistance among different groups including general population patients tertiary school students healthcare workers animal owners found low level therefore imperative enhance education training programs regarding antibiotic resistance various groups including general public patients students healthcare workers individuals responsible wellbeing animals