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Abstract
When the first antibiotics were introduced in the 1940s, they were hailed as “wonder drugs”, the miracles of modern medicine. The implications are equally clear. In the absence of urgent corrective and protective actions, the world is heading towards a post-antibiotic era, in which many common infections will no longer have a cure and, once again, kill unabated. The implications go beyond a resurgence of deadly infections to threaten many other life-saving and life-prolonging interventions, like cancer treatments, sophisticated surgical operations, and organ transplantations. With hospitals now the hotbeds for highly-resistant pathogens, such procedures become hazardous (Stratchounski, 2013).
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of nursing intervention program for mothers to improve their pattern of using prescribed and non-prescribed medication for their children under five years of age.
A quasi experimental design was used in the conduction of the study at Shubramant primary health care center Governmental Organization. The center is located in rural area. A purposive sample of 73 mothers’. The tools of this study included. 1) interviewing questionnaire for mothers knowledge. 2) An observational checklist to assess mothers practices. 3) Medical record of children to assess; child health condition. Results findings of this study indicated that more than third of mothers their age ranging from 25-40 years with mean of age was (32.1±7.7). As well the majority of them had insufficient income.The knowledge of mothers about non-prescribed medication not satisfactory; mother had no commitment about prescribed medication, and mother’s practice about giving oral medication inadequate and no respecting for infection control pre intervention. There were statistically significant relations between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge. Slightly more than half of children complain from gastroenteritis problems. There were statistically significant relations between mother’s knowledge and commitment. There were statistically significant relations between knowledge and practice. There were improvement of the mother’s knowledge, commitment and practice after the program implementation. In conclusion that poverty and lack availability of health services is the main causes of using non-prescribed medication. Recommendation: health education sessions about the dangerous of using non-prescribed medication on child health, the important of commitment and respecting (Ten medication rights) during giving prescribed medications at home. Further researches should be carried about; specific groups of medication used as non-prescribed drugs, & different geographic Egyptian area about effects of non-prescribed medication on child health. Raising public awareness about complications of using non-prescribed medication through; T.V advertisement, posters in MCH, and brochures from ministry of health.