The drugs don't work:  evaluation of educational theatre to gauge and influence public opinion on antimicrobial resistance

Rabia Ahmed; Amreen Bashir; James E P Brown; Jonathan A G Cox; Anthony C Hilton; Charlotte E Hilton; Peter A Lambert; Eirini Theodosiou; Jonathan Q Tritter; Samuel J Watkin; Tony Worthington

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.10.011

The drugs don't work: evaluation of educational theatre to gauge and influence public opinion on antimicrobial resistance

Rabia Ahmed, Amreen Bashir, James E P Brown, Jonathan A G Cox, Anthony C Hilton, Charlotte E Hilton, Peter A Lambert, Eirini Theodosiou, Jonathan Q Tritter, Samuel J Watkin, Tony Worthington

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Abstract

Increased public awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a key component of effective antimicrobial stewardship strategies. Educational theatre combined with an expert panel was used to engage the public about AMR through delivery of a play entitled 'The drugs don't work'. Audience knowledge and understanding of AMR were measured by pre- and post-play questionnaires. Performance of the play and discussion with the expert panel significantly improved audience knowledge and understanding of AMR, including antibiotic misuse and prescribing. Educational theatre provides a positive learning experience and is an innovative method of public engagement to disseminate important public health messages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-197
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	104
Issue number	2
Early online date	16 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.10.011
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2020

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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Funding: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/M02735X/1.

Keywords

Antimicrobial resistance
Educational theatre
Health education
Public engagement

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Ahmed, R., Bashir, A., Brown, J. E. P., Cox, J. A. G., Hilton, A. C., Hilton, C. E., Lambert, P. A., Theodosiou, E., Tritter, J. Q., Watkin, S. J., & Worthington, T. (2020). The drugs don't work: evaluation of educational theatre to gauge and influence public opinion on antimicrobial resistance. Journal of Hospital Infection, 104(2), 193-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.10.011

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