Title |
Community-based educational intervention to limit the dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusin Northern Saskatchewan, Canada
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-15 |
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Authors |
George R Golding, Brian Quinn, Kirsten Bergstrom, Donna Stockdale, Shirley Woods, Mandiangu Nsungu, Barb Brooke, Paul N Levett, Greg Horsman, Ryan McDonald, Brian Szklarczuk, Steve Silcox, Shirley Paton, Mary Carson, Michael R Mulvey, James Irvine, the Northern Antibiotic Resistance Partnership |
Abstract |
Surveillance examining the incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was conducted over 8 years beginning in 2001 in three health regions covering the northern half of Saskatchewan. The annual rate of individuals reported with CA-MRSA infection in these regions dramatically increased from 8.2 per 10,000 population in 2001 (range to 4.4-10.1 per 10,000) to 168.1 per 10,000 in 2006 (range 43.4-230.9 per 10,000). To address this issue, a team of community members, healthcare professionals, educators and research scientists formed a team called "the Northern Antibiotic Resistance Partnership" (NARP) to develop physician, patient, community, and school based educational materials in an attempt to limit the spread of CA-MRSA. |
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Canada | 2 | 3% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 63 | 95% |
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Student > Bachelor | 10 | 15% |
Researcher | 8 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 11% |
Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Other | 13 | 20% |
Unknown | 17 | 26% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 33% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
Other | 8 | 12% |
Unknown | 21 | 32% |