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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2021.1402</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Family Medicine</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Awareness Regarding Antibiotic Use Among the Public in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review of Cross-Sectional Studies&#13;
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      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Abdullah</surname>
            <given-names>Marwah</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshahrani</surname>
            <given-names>Meshary</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hakami</surname>
            <given-names>Nawal</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Almalki</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hamed</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulmajeed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Betrah</surname>
            <given-names>Bayan</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ghazwani</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Khayyat</surname>
            <given-names>Zain</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Qul</surname>
            <given-names>Ameer Saab</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alharbi</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulelah</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Abdrabalnabi</surname>
            <given-names>Safia Al</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>-0001</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>81</fpage>
      <lpage>91</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Impacting public awareness is an essential part of achieving better use and perception of antibiotics. This systematic review aims to gather the current evidence regarding awareness of the public towards antibiotics use in Saudi Arabia, obtained from cross-sectional investigations. We systematically reviewed cross-sectional studies in Saudi Arabia that include patients from the general population with no background differences in education or occupation. Our final list included 19 cross-sectional investigations that were conducted between 2014 and 2021. All of the studies were prospective surveys and were conducted in different settings, including hospitals or healthcare centers (n= 5), public places (n= 8) and online (n= 6). The sample size was 13,021 participants from different regions across the Kingdom, including various regions, in addition to four nationwide investigations. Most studies reported that the level of knowledge and awareness is insufficient among the included populations regarding the proper use of antibiotics and the awareness of bacterial resistance. Although some studies reported favorable outcomes in their studies, educational campaigns are still encouraged for all the different populations to further enhance the outcomes and increase the levels of knowledge and awareness. Targeting individuals within the demographics that were discussed as significantly correlated with the levels of knowledge and awareness is also advisable. Increasing awareness regarding the use of antibiotics in Saudi Arabia should be further encouraged.&#13;
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      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>awareness</kwd>
        <kwd> knowledge</kwd>
        <kwd> attitude</kwd>
        <kwd> antibiotics</kwd>
        <kwd> systematic review</kwd>
        <kwd> saudi arabia</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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