The general public's perceptions and use of antimicrobials in Trinidad and Tobago

• Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
• Main Authors: Neeta Parimi, Lexley M. Pinto Pereira, Parimi Prabhakar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2002
• Subjects: Antimicrobials; health education; professional education; self-medication; Caribbean; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Trinidad
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49892002000700003; https://doaj.org/article/4ecf387cc50e4ea5983c5d60e04a2d02

Objective. To determine the general public's perceptions and use of antibiotics in Trinidad and Tobago, a two-island republic in the Caribbean. Methods. This prospective study surveyed 824 randomly selected households listed in the telephone directory, from November 1998 to January 1999. Throug...