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Volume 9, Number 9, September 2003

Consumer Attitudes and Use of Antibiotics

Jodi Vanden Eng,* Ruthanne Marcus,* James L. Hadler,† Beth Imhoff,‡ Duc J. Vugia,§ Paul R. Cieslak,¶ Elizabeth Zell,‡ Valerie Deneen,# Katherine Gibbs McCombs,** Shelley M. Zansky,†† Marguerite A. Hawkins,‡‡ and Richard E. Besser‡
*Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; †Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California, USA; ¶Oregon Department of Human Services, Portland, Oregon, USA; #Minnesota Department of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; **Georgia Division of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ††New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA; and ‡‡University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

 
 
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Figure. Demographic distributions of responses to five statements about antibiotics. Histograms show the percentage of respondents agreeing with each of the statements. 1) In the past 4 weeks, have you (has he/she) taken any antibiotic medicine? 2) When I have a cold, I should take antibiotics to prevent getting a more serious illness. 3) When I get a cold, antibiotics help me to get better more quickly. 4) By the time I am sick enough to talk to or visit a doctor because of a cold, I usually expect a prescription for antibiotics. 5) Are you aware of any health dangers to yourself or other people associated with taking antibiotics?

 

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