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Record Nr.

UNISA996486771403316

Autore

Ledingham Katie

Titolo

Antibiotic resistance : : using a cultural contexts of health approach to address a global health challenge / / Principal author, Katie Ledingham ; Co-authors, Steve Hinchliffe, Mark Jackson, Felicity Thomas, Göran Tomson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen : , : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe, , 2019

ISBN

9789289053945

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 62 pages)

Collana

Cultural Contexts of Health and Well-being ; Policy brief ; ; 2

Soggetti

Culture

Global Health

Drug Resistance, Microbial

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Health Policy

Agriculture

Santé publique

Résistance aux antibiotiques

Politique sanitaire

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references

Sommario/riassunto

This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (‎ABR)‎. ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is now increasingly recognized that the systematic neglect of cultural factors is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving better health outcomes and better standards of living worldwide. Using a cultural contexts of health approach, the policy brief explores the centrality of culture to the challenge of ABR. The brief examines how the prescription and use of antibacterial medicines, the transmission of resistance, and the



regulation and funding of research are influenced by cultural, social and commercial, as well as biological and technological factors. The brief moves beyond the ready equation of culture with individual behaviours and demonstrates how culture serve as an enabler of health and provide new possibilities for change.