Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders
Antibiotic resistance is a serious global threat to human and animal health. In this study, we explored perceptions of work to contain antibiotic resistance with a focus on the environment. Nine stakeholders from six different areas were interviewed in 2018. A short information update was given by i...
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| author | Ingeborg Björkman Marta Röing Jaran Eriksen Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg |
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| description | Antibiotic resistance is a serious global threat to human and animal health. In this study, we explored perceptions of work to contain antibiotic resistance with a focus on the environment. Nine stakeholders from six different areas were interviewed in 2018. A short information update was given by informants from four of the areas in 2021. Interview transcripts were analyzed by conventional content analysis. The stakeholders’ perceptions were concluded in three categories: “examples of actions taken to combat antibiotic resistance”, “factors influencing work”, and “factors hindering work”. All informants reported having a role to play. Some of them were very engaged in this issue, whereas among others, antibiotics and resistance were just one part of a general engagement. To be able to act, the policymaker stakeholders asked for more knowledge about antibiotics in the environment and possible actions to take. Actions from the government were requested by several informants. Coordination of the work to combat antibiotic resistance in the environment was not recognized and the One Health approach was known at policy level but not among practitioners. Still, actions seemed to be coordinated, but this was, according to the stakeholders, based on findings from research in their area rather than on strategies developed by national authorities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1fd7953299145738c71b27837e6fde32023-11-23T09:49:05ZengMDPI AGAntibiotics2079-63822022-05-0111564610.3390/antibiotics11050646Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected StakeholdersIngeborg Björkman0Marta Röing1Jaran Eriksen2Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg3Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Health Services Research, Uppsala University, 751 22 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Health Services Research, Uppsala University, 751 22 Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, SwedenHealth Systems and Policy (HSP): Medicines, Focusing Antibiotics, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavagen 18A, 171 77 Stockholm, SwedenAntibiotic resistance is a serious global threat to human and animal health. In this study, we explored perceptions of work to contain antibiotic resistance with a focus on the environment. Nine stakeholders from six different areas were interviewed in 2018. A short information update was given by informants from four of the areas in 2021. Interview transcripts were analyzed by conventional content analysis. The stakeholders’ perceptions were concluded in three categories: “examples of actions taken to combat antibiotic resistance”, “factors influencing work”, and “factors hindering work”. All informants reported having a role to play. Some of them were very engaged in this issue, whereas among others, antibiotics and resistance were just one part of a general engagement. To be able to act, the policymaker stakeholders asked for more knowledge about antibiotics in the environment and possible actions to take. Actions from the government were requested by several informants. Coordination of the work to combat antibiotic resistance in the environment was not recognized and the One Health approach was known at policy level but not among practitioners. Still, actions seemed to be coordinated, but this was, according to the stakeholders, based on findings from research in their area rather than on strategies developed by national authorities.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/5/646strategic action plan on antibiotic resistanceSwedish stakeholder perceptionsOne Healthqualitative study |
| spellingShingle | Ingeborg Björkman Marta Röing Jaran Eriksen Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders Antibiotics strategic action plan on antibiotic resistance Swedish stakeholder perceptions One Health qualitative study |
| title | Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders |
| title_full | Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders |
| title_fullStr | Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders |
| title_short | Swedish Efforts to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment—A Qualitative Study among Selected Stakeholders |
| title_sort | swedish efforts to contain antibiotic resistance in the environment a qualitative study among selected stakeholders |
| topic | strategic action plan on antibiotic resistance Swedish stakeholder perceptions One Health qualitative study |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/5/646 |
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