Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance
Abstract The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by the excess use of antimicrobials has come to be recognized as a global threat to public health. There is a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type social dilemma behind this excess use of antimicrobials, which should be recognized by all stake...
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| author | Hiromu Ito Takayuki Wada Genki Ichinose Jun Tanimoto Jin Yoshimura Taro Yamamoto Satoru Morita |
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| description | Abstract The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by the excess use of antimicrobials has come to be recognized as a global threat to public health. There is a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type social dilemma behind this excess use of antimicrobials, which should be recognized by all stakeholders. To address this global threat, we thus surveyed eight countries/areas to determine whether people recognize this dilemma and showed that although more than half of the population pays little, if any, attention to it, almost 20% recognize this social dilemma, and 15–30% of those have a positive attitude toward solving that dilemma. We suspect that increasing individual awareness of this social dilemma contributes to decreasing the frequency of AMR emergencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ba5d9f990934baca305b922325857112022-12-22T02:56:27ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-12-011211810.1038/s41598-022-25632-1Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistanceHiromu Ito0Takayuki Wada1Genki Ichinose2Jun Tanimoto3Jin Yoshimura4Taro Yamamoto5Satoru Morita6Department of International Health and Medical Anthropology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki UniversityGraduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan UniversityGraduate School of Science and Technology and Department of Mathematical and Systems Engineering, Shizuoka UniversityDepartment of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu UniversityDepartment of International Health and Medical Anthropology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki UniversityDepartment of International Health and Medical Anthropology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki UniversityGraduate School of Science and Technology and Department of Mathematical and Systems Engineering, Shizuoka UniversityAbstract The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by the excess use of antimicrobials has come to be recognized as a global threat to public health. There is a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type social dilemma behind this excess use of antimicrobials, which should be recognized by all stakeholders. To address this global threat, we thus surveyed eight countries/areas to determine whether people recognize this dilemma and showed that although more than half of the population pays little, if any, attention to it, almost 20% recognize this social dilemma, and 15–30% of those have a positive attitude toward solving that dilemma. We suspect that increasing individual awareness of this social dilemma contributes to decreasing the frequency of AMR emergencies.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25632-1 |
| spellingShingle | Hiromu Ito Takayuki Wada Genki Ichinose Jun Tanimoto Jin Yoshimura Taro Yamamoto Satoru Morita Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance Scientific Reports |
| title | Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance |
| title_full | Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance |
| title_fullStr | Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance |
| title_short | Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance |
| title_sort | social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25632-1 |
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