Antibiotic dispensation rates among participants in community-driven health research projects in Arctic Canada

• Published in: BMC Public Health
• Main Authors: Williams, Kathleen, Colquhoun, Amy, Munday, Rachel, Goodman, Karen J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Subjects: Research Article; Aklavik; Arctic; Canada; Fort McPherson; Northwest Territories; Tuktoyaktuk; Yukon; Old Crow
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631451/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31307422; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7193-3

BACKGROUND: Community-driven projects that aim to address public concerns about health risks from H. pylori infection in Indigenous Arctic communities (estimated H. pylori prevalence = 64%) show frequent failure of treatment to eliminate the bacterium. Among project participants, treatment effective...