Aims and Objectives: Adequate knowledge, attitude, and practices toward antibiotic usage and resistance among health caregiver are the need of the hour to lower the burden of antibiotic resistance. The present study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward antibiotic usage and resistance among medical students and interns. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching hospital involving 5 th , 7 th , and 9 th term medical students and interns. A pre-tested questionnaire with 22 knowledge and 13 attitude items was assessed by 3-point Likert scale and 9 practice items by yes/no. For knowledge items, each correct response represented with 1 mark. Grading of the knowledge was done as poor (≤50%), adequate (51-75%), and good (≥75%). Statistical Analysis: Frequency and proportions were used. Results: The response rate was 98.39% (367/373). Majority of the participants had adequate (46.6%) to good (45.5%) knowledge. Majority perceived that educating patients (94.8%) and taking responsibility of judicious use of antibiotics by everyone (92.6%) will reduce the burden of antibiotic resistance. However, 58% of the students were of the opinion that skipping one or two doses will not lead to antibiotic resistance and 68.4% of the participants felt that irrational use of antibiotic practices done at local level will not matter for the development of resistance globally. More than 90% of the students executed good practice toward antibiotic usage. Discussion and Conclusion: In spite of adequate to good knowledge, there were attitudinal lacunae toward antibiotic usage and resistance. Interestingly, regardless of casual attitudes, the self-reported practices of the participants were found to be substantially good. There is a need for strategizing educational programs for students and interns not only to enhance the knowledge but also to reshape the behavior of the students.
Background: Human papilloma virus infection is responsible for 75-80% of the cervical cancers worldwide. Human papilloma virus infection is a preventable disease, but precaution depends on the cognitive aspects of young women. Authors conducted a study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding human papilloma virus vaccination and to determine acceptance rate of human papilloma virus vaccination among medical and paramedical students.Methods: Human papilloma virus infection is responsible for 75-80% of the cervical cancers worldwide. Human papilloma virus infection is a preventable disease, but precaution depends on the cognitive aspects of young women. Authors conducted a study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding human papilloma virus vaccination and to determine acceptance rate of human papilloma virus vaccination among medical and paramedical students.Results: Out of 322 students, 114 medicals (35.4%), 106 pharmacy (32.9%) and 102 nursing students (31.7%) were included in this study. Ninety-one (79.8%) medical students, 64 (60.37%) pharmacy students, 43 (42.1%) nursing students were aware that human papilloma virus can cause cervical cancer. Seventy-three (64.03%) medical students, 64(60.37%) pharmacy students, 40(40.1%) nursing students were aware that there is vaccination for human papilloma virus infection, and it can prevent cervical cancer. Most of the students,78(68.4%) medical students, 57 (53.77%) pharmacy students and 46(45.09%) nursing students believe that more awareness required regarding risk factors of human papilloma virus infection and prevention of cervical cancer. Furthermore, around 66 (57.89%) medical students, 44 (41.05%) pharmacy students, 37(36.27%) nursing students were willing to accept the vaccine for themselves.Conclusions: Majority of the students are lacking knowledge regarding HPV vaccination and cervical cancer prevention with least knowledge among paramedical students. More awareness programmes are required to increase the awareness and acceptability of HPV vaccination.
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