This study was designed to assess the awareness and knowledge of antibiotic usage and antibiotic resistance among the general public in the Cape Coast metropolis of Ghana. It also tries to decipher whether the level of education and the professional status of an individual has a positive association with the level of knowledge on antibiotic resistance. A population-base survey involving members of the public was conducted from August to November 2019. A structured questionnaire was developed to collect data from 632 respondents. Data were analyzed through SPSS v.21 using Chi square statistics and multivariate regression. Differences in knowledge were evaluated using ANOVA and the assumption of equal variance was tested with Levene statistics. The response rate was 74.3%. Lower educational status group had a greater knowledge level (39.7%) on antibiotic resistance. Despite the high score, the lowest educational status group, (M = 1.82, SD = 0.769), middle educational status group (M = 1.98, SD = 0.748), and the high educational status group (M = 1.88, SD = 0.773) were not significantly different from each other with regard to their general knowledge level on antibiotic resistance (P < 0.05). The study revealed that, working in the healthcare sector is a major contributor to the level of knowledge on antibiotic resistance. Given the scale of the issue on antibiotic resistance and the fact that attempts to resolve it will involve efforts on the part of all, it is important that the public is aware of the importance of the issue of antibiotic resistance, its implications and what they can do to address it. The level of knowledge among respondents with lower educational status should be enough evidence to introduce more educational campaigns on antibiotic resistance.

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以人群为基础的关于公众对抗生素使用和耐药性的知识，态度和意识的调查。

本研究旨在评估加纳海角海岸大都会公众对抗生素使用和抗生素耐药性的认识和知识。它还试图破译个人的教育水平和职业状况是否与对抗生素抗性的了解水平呈正相关。2019年8月至11月进行了基于公众的人口基础调查。编制了结构化问卷，以收集632名受访者的数据。通过SPSS v.21使用卡方统计和多元回归分析数据。使用方差分析评估知识差异，并使用Levene统计数据检验均等方差的假设。回应率为74.3％。低学历组的知识水平较高（39。7％）对抗生素的耐药性。尽管得分较高，但教育程度最低的组（M = 1.82，SD = 0.769），中等教育程度的组（M = 1.98，SD = 0.748）和高等教育程度的组（M = 1.88，SD = 0.773）关于抗生素抗性的一般知识水平，彼此之间无显着差异（P <0.05）。该研究表明，在医疗保健部门工作是对抗生素耐药性知识水平的主要贡献。鉴于抗生素耐药性问题的规模以及解决这一问题的事实将涉及到所有人的努力，因此重要的是，让公众意识到抗生素耐药性问题的重要性，其含义以及可以采取的措施去解决它。