Health promotion to improve medicine literacy regarding antibiotics and self-medication in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Penulis/Author
Dr. apt. Dwi Endarti, S.F., M.Sc. (1); apt. Septimawanto Dwi Prasetyo, M.Si., S.Farm. (2); Prof. Dr. Susi Ari Kristina, S.Farm., M.Kes., Apt. (3)
Tanggal/Date
1 2020
Kata Kunci/Keyword
Abstrak/Abstract
One of the factors contributing to irrational drug use is low medicine literacy in the
community. This study aimed to conduct education intervention for improving medicine literacy among the
community, particularly regarding antibiotics and self-medication. This study used one group pretestposttest design conducted in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia. Purposive sampling was applied to select
respondents for the study, which were women active as health cadres. The study began with instrument
development to measure medicine literacy regarding antibiotics and self-medication and followed by the
development of education material in forms of power point presentation and leaflet. Pretest-posttest to
measure the medicine literacy were conducted before and after the intervention. The study involved 82
women as respondents. The mean scores of antibiotics literacy for pretest and posttest were 75.37±14.90 and
80.46±11.47, respectively. Meanwhile, the mean scores of self-medication literacy for pretest and posttest
were 72.20±12.48 and 83.35±11.22, respectively. There were significant improvements in literacy regarding
antibiotics and self-medication before and after the intervention (p=0.000). Some aspects of medicine
literacy still need to be improved including interval and duration of antibiotics use, the indication of
antibiotics, and the administration of some drugs due to the dosage forms for self-medication. This study
concluded that education intervention using a presentation and leaflet could improve medicine literacy
regarding antibiotics and self-medication. However, some aspects of knowledge need further improvement.
