Parents’ Satisfaction with Antibiotics Prescription for Under 5 children in Family Health Facilities in Alexandria | ||
| Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||
| Article 1, Volume 46, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 1-7 PDF (662.63 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2016.20200 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Bothaina Deghedi; Noha Moustafa* ; Manal Meky | ||
| Primary Health Care Specialty, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Improving antibiotic use is a public health imperative. One of the most important reported factors influencing inappropriate antibiotic prescription is patients’ insistence on prescribing antibiotic. Objective (s): The aim of present study was to assess parents’ satisfaction with antibiotics prescription for under 5 children in family health facilities in Alexandria governorate. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in four randomly selected family health facilities on a sample of 126 parents of under 5 children by using an interview questionnaire. Results & Conclusion: The results revealed that most of the parents (96.8%) were satisfied with the overall offered services to their sick children in the family health facilities and 98.6% would comply with the family physicians management, even if antibiotics were not prescribed, whereas the rest would seek a second medical advice at a private health facility | ||
| Keywords | ||
| antibiotics; parents’ satisfaction; under 5 children | ||
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