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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1462976

An Educational Initiative Aimed at Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Among School-going Jordanian Youth

Provisionally accepted
Basmah Qenab Basmah Qenab 1Tahreer Aqel Tahreer Aqel 1Hanin Younis Hanin Younis 1Rahmeh Abushweimeh Rahmeh Abushweimeh 1Anwaar Al Zghoul Anwaar Al Zghoul 1Zaina Sweedan Zaina Sweedan 1Mohammad Omran Mohammad Omran 1Mohan P Joshi Mohan P Joshi 2Niranjan Konduri Niranjan Konduri 2,3*
  • 1 USAID Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services Program, Management Sciences for Health, Amman, Jordan
  • 2 USAID Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program, Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, Virginia, United States
  • 3 Management Sciences for Health, Medford, United States

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    The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended strategies and actions to enhance awareness and understanding of AMR. Gaps in AMR awareness remain in Jordan, particularly among the youth.Aim: To describe our programmatic approach to AMR education across Jordanian governorates among school-aged children.Our approach depicts the development of comprehensive health messages, pilot and expansion phases in schools, and pre-and post-session knowledge assessments.Results: 2,700 students across 30 schools reached with AMR health messages. Gained knowledge was assessed in 932 students, revealing significant improvements in understanding the importance of consulting a doctor before taking antibiotics, the relationship between nutrition and immunity, the dangers of sharing medicines, and proper handwashing techniques. The average expenditure was approximately $8.55 per student.The intervention underscores the critical role of targeted educational initiatives in improving AMR awareness among youth, emphasizing the need for sustained and scalable approaches to combat AMR effectively.

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    Received: 19 Jul 2024; Accepted: 21 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Qenab, Aqel, Younis, Abushweimeh, Al Zghoul, Sweedan, Omran, Joshi and Konduri. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Niranjan Konduri, Management Sciences for Health, Medford, United States

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