Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)

Understanding refugee and immigrant health literacy and beliefs toward antimicrobial resistance

  • Joseph Ladines-Lim,
  • Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski,
  • Tessa Adžemović,
  • Rachel Croxton,
  • Ron Romero,
  • Michael Lukela,
  • Krishna Rao,
  • Preeti Mehrotra,
  • Payal K. Patel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.443
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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Refugee and migrant populations have increased vulnerability to antimicrobial resistance, yet stewardship guidance is lacking. We addressed this gap through a cross-sectional survey, finding that these populations and immigrants from low and middle-income countries had lower health literacy on the issue compared to native-born Americans and those from high-income countries.