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Regulation of antibiotic sales in Mexico: an analysis of printed media coverage and stakeholder participation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, December 2012
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Title
Regulation of antibiotic sales in Mexico: an analysis of printed media coverage and stakeholder participation
Published in
BMC Public Health, December 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1051
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Authors

Anahí Dreser, Edna Vázquez-Vélez, Sandra Treviño, Veronika J Wirtz

Abstract

Restricting antibiotics sales to those with medical prescriptions only is a central strategy for promoting appropriate use and containing antibiotic resistance; however, many low and middle income countries have not enforced policies that prevent widespread self-medication with antibiotics. In 2010, the Mexican government announced the enforcement of antibiotic sales regulations, a policy that gained media prominence. This study analyzes media coverage of issues, stakeholder representation, and positions taken during policy agenda setting, drafting, and implementation to shed light on policy making to promote appropriate antibiotic utilization.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Mexico 1 <1%
Unknown 121 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 19%
Researcher 15 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 12%
Other 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Other 23 19%
Unknown 21 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 28%
Social Sciences 15 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Other 25 20%
Unknown 22 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2013.
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#14,740,534
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#10,817
of 14,763 outputs
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#173,546
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#203
of 296 outputs
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