{"id":89,"date":"2020-03-20T15:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:13:38","slug":"quantifying-perceptions-of-antibiotic-resistance-and-its-causes-to-promote-decentralised-wastewater-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/select-projects\/quantifying-perceptions-of-antibiotic-resistance-and-its-causes-to-promote-decentralised-wastewater-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantifying Perceptions of Antibiotic Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a natural phenomenon, but recent elevated antibiotic use has increased levels of AR, making many antibiotics useless in the treatment of bacterial infections. AR levels are rising on global scales, but especially in places without clean water and adequate sanitation, although it is not known by many. Therefore, a better understanding of peoples\u2019 knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) about AR is needed to develop interventions aimed at behaviour change, which can be fine-tuned and appropriately implemented. This project compares KAP responses around AR drivers, spread, and mitigation options among and between various cohorts in a broad range of disciplines (including both professional and students) as well as members of the public. We currently are focusing on cohorts located in Delhi (India), the UK, and Israel but plan to expand our research elsewhere in the world. Our survey is currently open to select Newcastle University students and staff. Our goal is to delineate KAP barriers to implementing different technical and social AR mitigation options. We also want to identify possible education targets and actions needed to promote changes in national and international policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic staff:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/engineering\/staff\/profile\/davidgraham.html#background\" target=\"_blank\">Professor David Graham<\/a> (School of Engineering); <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ecls\/staff\/profile\/paulinedixon.html#background\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Pauline Dixon<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ecls\/staff\/profile\/stevehumble.html#background\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Steve Humble<\/a> MBE (School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences); <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hnrc\/staff\/profile\/georglietz.html#background\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Georg Lietz<\/a> (Human Nutrition Research Centre); <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cee.technion.ac.il\/members\/eran-friedler\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Eran Friedler<\/a> (Technion Institute of Technology); and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rambam.org.il\/en\/about_rambam\/leadership\/?itemid={6a6857a5-eeb2-47cb-aff5-103da5b1425a}\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Mical Paul<\/a>, MD (Rambam Healthcare Center)<br><strong>Researchers:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/engineering\/staff\/profile\/myragiesen.html#background\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Myra Giesen<\/a> (School of Engineering) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ecls\/staff\/profile\/gopaliyer.html#background\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Gopal Iyer<\/a> (School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences)<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:david.graham@newcastle.ac.uk\">david.graham@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><br><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong> EPSRC &amp; Newcastle University&#8217;s Global Challenges Academy<br><strong>Partners:<\/strong> CURE (India)<br><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> 2019<br><strong>End Date:<\/strong>  2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/files\/2020\/03\/KAP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/files\/2020\/03\/KAP.png 732w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/files\/2020\/03\/KAP-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/files\/2020\/03\/KAP-424x300.png 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a natural phenomenon, but recent elevated antibiotic use has increased levels of AR, making many antibiotics useless in the treatment of bacterial infections. AR levels are rising on global scales, but especially in places without clean &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/select-projects\/quantifying-perceptions-of-antibiotic-resistance-and-its-causes-to-promote-decentralised-wastewater-treatment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5556,"featured_media":292,"parent":442,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/264"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/grahamr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}