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antibiotic overuse serious health issue demonstrated improper antibiotic use linked lack knowledge public encourage judicious antibiotic use covid19 era critical provide accessible secure therapies study aimed assess effects instructional video community radio broadcasting interventions knowledge behavior antibiotic use adults age 20 enrolled quasiexperimental study total 369 representatives divided two groups 185 participants control group 184 participants intervention group data collected twice educational program community health workers descriptive inferential statistics used analyze data participants average age 564 06 years respondents female 264 715 received elementary education 186 504 mean difference score produced control intervention groups groups experienced statistically significant gain mean difference score knowledge following educational program 342 418 95 ci 281402 vs 542 497 95 ci 469614 p 0001 mean difference score produced behavior 178 345 95 ci 128228 vs 277 306 95 ci 228327 p 0001 mean difference knowledge score groups greater intervention group scoring higher significant variables controlled multivariable regression analysis 131 95 ci 053209 p 0001 similarly mean difference behavior score 134 95 ci 082186 p 0001 integration educational poster instructional video community radio broadcasting interventions antibiotic use chws local communities beneficial program implemented national level promote rational drug use future studies investigate educational program affects antibiotic use rates long term