Anna is part of the Centre for Academic Primary Care and her PhD project is looking at the relationship between ethnicity, antibiotic resistance and respiratory health outcomes. During the project she will:
conduct a statistical analysis of healthcare records
interview doctors and patients
put together her own patient and public involvement group
She wants to understand whether:
health inequities linked to ethnicity exist
ethnicity has an impact on developing antibiotic resistance
antibiotic prescribing is driving differences in respiratory health outcomes
Anna Pathmanathan is leading the project and said:
“We don’t know a lot about the relationship between ethnicity and antibiotic resistance. However, we do know that the rate of antibiotic resistance in the white population is lower than in Asian and Black ethnicities.
“I plan to look at a system-wide data set for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to help me understand how people travel through primary care into secondary care. This will allow me to see the system as a whole and look at the antibiotics people are being given.
“During interviews, I will be exploring whether people feel they are being given the treatment they need and whether doctors feel they’re able to deliver the healthcare they want to deliver. If my statistical analysis discovers any differences between ethnicities in prescribing, I will use my interviews to try to uncover why this is.”
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This talk was part of our regular research conversation sessions, where members of the public can hear about local research projects and give researchers feedback on their work. Research conversations are informal and designed to give researchers and public contributors a chance to interact. Public contributors are encouraged to ask questions, learn about, and get involved in projects in their area.
Research conversations will usually take place on Tuesdays or Fridays between 10.00-11.00am or 5.00-6.00pm.