1. USING A POSTER COMPETITION TO PROMOTE RATIONAL DRUG USE
TO THE COMMUNITY
HUSNIAH RUBIANA THAMRIN-AKIB
DIRECTORATE OF RATIONAL DRUG USE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
CHIANG MAI, MARCH 30 – APRIL 2, 2004

2. BACKGROUND RATIONAL DRUG USE IS STILL A BIG PROBLEM
RATIONAL DRUG USE DEPEND TO PARTIES INVOLVE,
HEALTH PROVIDER & COMMUNITY
INTERVENTION USUALLY DIRECTED TO PROVIDER
BUT VERY LIMITED TO COMMUNITY
INTERVENTION TO COMMUNITY
BY THE MOST POPULAR WAY, THE PRINTED MATERIAL,
USUALLY ENDED IN WASTEBASKET WITHOUT OPENING
IT IS ASSUMED THAT POSTER COMPETITION IS THE PROPER WAY TO DELIVER INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY

3. TO INCREASE GENERAL AWARENESS OF RATIONAL DRUG USE (RDU)
OBJECTIVES:
TO INCREASE GENERAL AWARENESS OF RATIONAL DRUG USE (RDU)
TO PROVE THAT A POSTER COMPETITION
COULD INCREASE COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE OF RDU
DESIGN:
PRE & POST INTERVENTION PILOT STUDY WITH CONTROL
POPULATION:
HIGH SCHOOL & WOMEN ASSOCIATION
INTERVENTION:
MESSAGES ABOUT RATIONAL USE OF ANTIBIOTIC
OUTCOME MEASURES:
ESTHETIC & COMMUNICABLE VALUE OF POSTERS
CONTENT CORRELATION OF POSTERS WITH MESSAGES
KNOWLEDGE ON THE RATIONAL USE OF ANTIBIOTIC

4. 10 10 5 5 5 5 CONTROL STUDY STUDY CONTROL GENERIC ANTIBIOTIC GENERIC
PRE
POST
ANTIBIOTIC
ANTIBIOTIC
ANTIBIOTIC

5. CONTROL STUDY STUDY CONTROL GENERIC ANTIBIOTIC GENERIC ANTIBIOTIC
PRE
POSTER
POSTER
POSTER
POSTER AB AB
GEN
GEN
ANTIBIOTIC
ANTIBIOTIC
ANTIBIOTIC
POST

8. RESULT 88 98% CONCLUSION 48 100% POSTERS POSTERS
CORRELATION WITH MESSAGES
98%
100%
CONCLUSION
POSTER COMPETITION IS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF
INTERVENTION TO INCREASED COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE ON RDU