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Alistair Thorpe @athorpe8.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Excited to share our latest study in @ofidjournal.bsky.social! 60% of US adults preferred longer antibiotic durations (≥7 days) than are likely necessary for common bacterial infections. We propose 5 recommendations for communicating evolving evidence #IDSky #AMR #SciComm

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Antimicrobials: Behaviour & Cognition Network @abc-network.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Join us in Galway for our 4th Behavioural Insights & AMR Workshop 📅 21–22 May 2026 | 📍 University of Galway We’ll be bringing together experts to discuss how behavioural science can help tackle antimicrobial resistance! 👉 Register by 17 March: tinyurl.com/4katbdbp 🔗 www.a-bc.network

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Alistair Thorpe @athorpe8.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

📢 New in OFID! Many adults ≥65yrs have harmless bacteria in their urine (ASB) often misdiagnosed as a UTI ⏩ harmful antibiotic use. We found US adults ≥65 given an educational leaflet were more comfortable avoiding antibiotics for ASB & less likely to mistake ASB for UTI! 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ofid...

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Impact of an Educational Leaflet About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection on Antibiotic Preferences Among US Adults ≥65 Years: An Online Randomized Controlled Survey Experiment

AbstractBackground. Adults aged ≥65 years are at high risk of harm from antibiotic misuse due to misdiagnosis of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) as urinary

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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Happening today! Please join us 5:15 pm in person in Room 448 (UCL EP, 26 Bedford Way). Full details on our website. All welcome!

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Robert Böhm @robertboehm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Tomorrow marks the start of 🌍 World AMR Awareness Week 2025! We’ll be sharing insights from our AMR research as psychologists at @univie.ac.at @ipb.bsky.social @unierfurt.bsky.social and BNITM. Like/share this post for updates throughout the week! #AMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #WAAW2025

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Miroslav Sirota @miroslavsirota.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Our new research shows that explaining the nature of illness and providing point-of-care test results to patients might be just quite useful tools to calibrate their antibiotic expectations (changing threshold but also discernment)... #antibiotic @abc-network.bsky.social @essexuni.bsky.social

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Rian Gross @riangross.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I had an interesting 2nd day at #ICBM2025 in Vienna today. In our session, I presented our work on communicating about #AMR and pudent antibiotic use when new antibiotics are developed. Please visit @abc-network.bsky.social if you are interested in the emerging field of behavioral research and AMR.

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TARGetAMR @target-amr.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🌍 Join the fight against antimicrobial resistance! Be a part of the #TARGetAMR community - connect, share, and act with global experts tackling AMR together. 🔬 💡 Your voice matters. 🔗 Join us: www.targetamr.org.uk/community/

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Miroslav Sirota @miroslavsirota.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

An inspiring keynote by @aliciad3.medsky.social at our Behavioral Insights and AMR workshop about how behavioral science can contribute to amr stewardship

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Miroslav Sirota @miroslavsirota.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

@evakrockow.bsky.social kick-starting the workshop on Behavioral insights and AMR with her talk about AMR risk communication... we need to communicate about AMR better.

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Eva Krockow @evakrockow.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Finally I get to meet @cortneyprice.bsky.social in person! Inspiring and hugely engaging talk on behavioural science in #AMR, touching on experiential strategies for policy influence.

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Miroslav Sirota @miroslavsirota.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thought provoking keynote from @cortneyprice.bsky.social about how behavioral scientists should approach and influence policy makers

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Eva Krockow @evakrockow.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Excited to be in Vienna for this year's Behavioural Insights & Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop by the ABC network. Looking forward to a stimulating day and interesting discussions! Thanks for hosting us, @robertboehm.bsky.social! #AMR #antibioticresistance

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 15/05/2025

I'm Zooming to Vienna from the U.S. for the 3rd #BehaviouralInsights & #AntimicrobialResistance Workshop. Kudos to @abc-network.bsky.social for sustainable international conferencing! I'll share highlights (even if I need to sleep through sessions starting at 3:30 AM my time 😅). Great program! 👇

Presenters and (abbreviated) presentation titles:

Eva Krockow: ...Public and professional views on risk communication about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across the UK and South Africa

Carina Pielmeier: ...Evaluating the effectiveness of a game-based intervention on AMR knowledge

(Keynote 1) Cortney Price: Do as I say, not as I do: Cognitive dissonance in behavioural science advocacy for AMR

Miroslav Sirota: ...How intuition shapes clinically inappropriate antibiotic use

Kevin Roche: The use of small group in person educational interventions to increase appropriate antibiotic prescribing in general practice settings: A mixed methods systematic review

Alina Schneider: Wilful ignorance in the context of antibiotic prescribing

Deborah Bamber: Understanding blood culture sampling practices for adult acute care hospital patients with suspected severe infection...

Alison Burrell: Talking about antibiotics: Training veterinary practitioners in motivational interviewing

Discussion: From networking to collaborating -- Lucie Byrne-Davis and Jo Hart

(Keynote 2) Alicia Demirjian: ...Opportunities for behavioural insights and policy to address AMR

Diletta Topazio: Consumer willingness to pay for antibiotic-free food: Evidence from Low/middle Income Countries

Lars Korn: Less is more? Recommending placebo medication to reduce over-the-counter antibiotics

Holly Seale: Developing resilient and responsive antimicrobial stewardship strategies for community pharmacy vendors...

Anthony Maher: ...Parent perspectives on childhood antibiotic treatment in Irish primary care: A qualitative study

Mattis Geiger: AKAB: A psychometric tool to measure AMR related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour

Andriana Theodoropoulou: The effects of communicating illness diagnostic and treatment information and C-reactive protein test results on people’s antibiotic expectations

Nick Byrd: Reducing existential risk by reducing the allure of unwarranted
antibiotics: Two low-cost interventions

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Eva Krockow @evakrockow.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Excellent talk by @miroslavsirota.bsky.social arguing that 'wicked learning environments' create misguided intuitions and expectations about antibiotics.

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Get ready for #SMDM25 in Ann Arbor! 🎉 Alistair Thorpe presents 16 June 9:15 am on what US adults w/ self-reported antibiotic allergies think about delabeling. He's also looking forward to clinician cross talk, and reconnecting with colleagues! #MedicalDecisionMaking

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ASHE Journal @ashejournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

For those enjoying Dr Spivak’s talk on greenhouse gases and antimicrobial stewardship, check out her paper here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Are you passionate about health care decision making? Join the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) and connect with a global network of experts driving innovation in medical decision science! 🧠 Learn more and become a member today 👉 loom.ly/jRkLGQ8 #SMDM

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Rachael Lee @doctorrachael.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Joined today to promote our paper! Proud to be a part of this team. @athorpe8.bsky.social @angiefagerlin.bsky.social @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social

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Alistair Thorpe @athorpe8.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Super excited to share key findings from our study in JAMA NO! Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report: -wanting abx for an URI 💊 -Needing help w/health-related materials 📖 -Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀 -Disbelief in science 🚫🔬 💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Characteristics and Antibiotic Preferences by Frequency of Antibiotic Use

This survey study compares demographic characteristics, beliefs, and antibiotic preferences of US adults who frequently use antibiotics with those who have not used antibiotics over the past year.

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Robert Böhm @robertboehm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This is just a reminder that the application deadline for this year's Behavioural Insights & Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop (15./16. May in Vienna) is approaching. Submit your work until 31. March and visit us in Vienna! For further information, see www.a-bc.network/active.html

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Antimicrobials: Behaviour & Cognition Network @abc-network.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Join us for the ABC Network's 3rd Behavioral Insights & Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop in Vienna (or online) this May 15-16. 🌟 👉 Click here to register: www.a-bc.network/active.html Registration closes March 31st! ⏳ #AMR #AMS

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 09/03/2025

🔬 What is antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and why does it matter? AMR occurs when microorganisms become resistant to treatments, posing a major threat to global health and the environment. Its impacts, causes, and the need for a #OneHealth approach: www.unep.org/topics/chemi...

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Alistair Thorpe @athorpe8.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Hugely important work led by Dr. Emily Spivak on the environmental impact of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in the US: ~66 million unnecessary prescriptions in 2022 estimated to have produced the CO2 equivalent of driving a car around the earth ~194 times! #AMR #AMS doi.org/10.1017/ash....

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 13/02/2025

Our latest preprint validated low-cost #globalRisk reduction stimuli. An infographic and text message improved #antibiotic decisions in ways that may reduce existential risks of #AntimicrobialResistance. osf.io/preprints/psy... #xRisk #CogSci #Medicine #Edu #SciComm #bioethics

Figure 3. Effects of the infographics on wanting antibiotics (top), realizing an upper respiratory infection is probably not bacterial (middle), and realizing that — in such circumstances — one probably does not need antibiotics (bottom) for Experiment 1 (left) and replication Experiment 2 (right) with 95% confidence intervals.

Figures 4. Effects of the infographic and text message on asking for antibiotics (top), trying over-the-counter medication instead ntibiotics (middle), and trust in a doctor who offered antibiotics that were probably unnecessary (bottom) in Experiment 1 (left) and replication Experiment 2 (right) with 95% confidence intervals.

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Miroslav Sirota @miroslavsirota.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A starter pack for people interested in behavioral, cognitive and cultural aspects of antimicrobial resistance. Happy to add you if you are active in this area. go.bsky.app/9i8zPz See also www.a-bc.network #AMR #AntibioticResistance #AntibioticStewardship #BehavioralInsights #AMRBehaviorChange

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Antimicrobials: Behaviour & Cognition Network @abc-network.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Exciting News! 🌟 Come and join us in lovely Vienna for the 3rd Behavioral Insights & Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop 📅 15–16 May 2025 📍University of Vienna (and online) 👉 Register by March 31st: www.a-bc.network/active.html

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Antimicrobials: Behaviour & Cognition Network @abc-network.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Hey everyone! 👋👋 We're beyond excited to officially join BlueSky! 🌟 Stay tuned for exciting content on tackling antimicrobial resistance through innovative behavioural science approaches! 🦠🥊

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