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Table 2 Summary of survey responses for parents of schoolchildren in picture drawing intervention school

From: The impact of antimicrobial resistance awareness interventions involving schoolchildren, development of an animation and parents engagements: a pilot study

Question

N

Pre and post responsesa

McNemar x2

p value

C&C

C&W

W&C

W&W

Knowledge

1. Antibiotics will cure any infection

26

11

4

9

2

0.257

0.267

2. Antibiotics will cure most coughs and colds

26

6

4

8

8

0.248

0.388

3. If antibiotics are not effective any more in a few individuals, eventually they will not be effective in the general population

26

1

5

8

12

1.110

0.581

4. Antibiotics do not kill our good bacteria

26

4

10

7

5

2.345

0.629

5. The use of antibiotics among animals can reduce the effect of antibiotics among humans

26

2

5

5

14

0.013

1.000

Beliefs

6. I believe that left-over antibiotics are good to keep at home in case they might be needed later on

26

18

2

5

1

0.201

0.453

7. I believe that it’s good to be able to get antibiotics from relatives or friends without having to see a doctor first

26

23

1

2

0

0.087

1.000

8. I believe that it’s good to be able to get antibiotics from the drugstore without having to see a doctor first

26

13

7

5

1

0.728

0.774

9. I believe that an injury to the skin can be cured quickly by pouring antibiotic powders onto the injury

26

12

3

10

1

0.580

0.092

Attitudes

10. If I feel better after half the treatment with antibiotics, I will stop taking them

26

17

3

6

0

1.017

0.508

11. If I get some kind of skin reaction when using an antibiotic, I will not use the same antibiotic again

26

1

13

5

7

4.338

0.096

12. If I get a left-over antibiotic to use for my disease from a family member or friend I trust, I will take it

26

24

0

2

0

  1. aThe pre and post-test responses are written via symbols between the ‘&’ where C = correct, W = wrong. For example, C&C means correct pre level and correct post level answers and W&W means wrong pre level and wrong post level answers