Pre-travel health seeking practices of Umrah pilgrims departing from Assiut International Airport, Egypt

Aziz, Mirette M.; El-Megeed, Hosnia Said Abd; Ellatif, Mennat Allah M. Abd

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.04.012

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“…In this study the most common preventive measures performed by participants were pre-travel vaccinations, medications to prevent malaria, and travelling with a first aid kit. Similar findings were reported in already cited studies [11,12]. In general, this misconception and the fact that travelers do not usually undergo health checkups until they experience health problems may help explain the poor access.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Generally speaking, the need to improve the level of knowledge is clearly stated in this study that indicates that the proportion of surveyed participants who were knowledgeable about the most common infectious diseases in the destination country of their travel was found to be strikingly low with only 24.2% having a high level. This result is quite disturbing and it is explicitly unsatisfactory compared with surveys previously published from other countries [11,12,20]. These differences may be partly attributed to the characteristics of the population samples, methods of collecting the data, and instruments used.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…In this context, understanding the travelers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior could provide interesting information to policy makers in order to plan educational interventions on this population to effectively prevent travel-related diseases. The analysis of the literature showed that previous epidemiological research have been conducted in different communities to assess the knowledge and behavior of individuals on the risk of diseases acquired during travel [11–16], but, to the best of our knowledge, currently information on this topic in Italy is still lacking for the absence of published data. Therefore, to address this knowledge gap in the literature, the primary objective of the present investigation conducted in Italy was to examine the travelers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about travel-related diseases and the secondary objective was to evaluate the factors that influence their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Travelers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to infectious diseases in Italy

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The objectives of this investigation were to examine the travelers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about travel-related diseases and to evaluate the factors that influence their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. A cross-sectional study was performed between May and September 2018 among a random sample of individuals attending randomly selected travel agencies in the geographical areas of Caserta and Naples, Italy. One fourth of participants (25.6%) had a poor level of knowledge, 50.2% a moderate, and only 24.2% a good level about the most common infectious diseases in the destination country. Those who had received information from physicians about the most common infectious diseases in the destination country and who do not need additional information were significantly more likely to have a good level of knowledge. A large majority (91%) showed no concern about the risk of getting an infectious disease during the travel. Almost half of the respondents had received information concerning the most common infectious diseases in the destination country and the related prevention measures. This information was more likely acquired by those graduated, those who know the foods that can cause the infectious diseases, and those who self-perceived a well health status, and less likely by those who had a poor level of knowledge about the most common infectious diseases in the destination country and who were going to Asia and South America. Education and communication activities regarding all aspects of travel-related diseases are needed to increase the knowledge and the access to preventive measures.

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“…Similarly in a study by Aziz et al, 60% participants thought that vaccination is important for travel. 9 Awareness regarding occurrence of side effects with travel vaccinations was very low in our study (17.3%) as compared to study by Zhang et al (79.2%). 6 This might be due to the reason that 81.1% of the participants have received vaccinations for travel in the past in the study by Zhang et al against 12.7% in our study.…”

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Yellow fever vaccination: how much do travelers from Eastern India know?

Bhatia

Palepu

Parida

et al. 2020

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Introduction: International tourism has grown tremendously in the past 2-3 decades in India resulting in exposure of travelers to varied spectrum of diseases prevalent in different parts of the world. Immunization plays a prominent role in protection of the exposed individuals. The objective of the present study was to assess the awareness and knowledge regarding yellow fever and other travel vaccinations amongst travelers of eastern India. Materials and methods: In the present cross-sectional study, participants attending Yellow Fever Vaccination Clinic at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, during August-September 2018 were approached. Newly registered participants aged 15 y and above were interviewed consecutively till the required sample size of 300 was fulfilled. Awareness and knowledge regarding travel vaccinations and their adverse effects were assessed with pretested structured interview schedule. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were done to assess the association of various factors with awareness of travel vaccinations. Results: Among the participants, most of them were males (90.7%), belonged to the age group of 15-45 y (87.3%), married (64.3%), graduates (19%), and were working (78.3%). Most of the participants were traveling to South Africa (85.4%). Only 57.3% participants were aware of any travel vaccinations. Only 37.5% participants knew that yellow fever vaccine confers lifelong immunity. On multivariate logistic regression higher education, working occupation and history of previous vaccination were significantly associated with awareness of travel vaccinations. Conclusion: Awareness regarding travel vaccinations is important to prevent fatal diseases like yellow fever. Vital information pertaining to diseases in different locations and availability of vaccines for prevention needs to be disseminated to the travelers to prevent occurrence of travel bound diseases.

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“…One study in Pakistan that examined medical students' knowledge, perceptions, and behavioral intentions towards the H1N1 influenza observed that inadequate knowledge and a negative attitude are associated with poor compliance with practices designed to prevent the spread of the disease (Hussain et al, 2012). In other studies, it was also found that adequate knowledge propels individuals to comply with practices and measures that promote good health (Aziz et al, 2018;Rahman & Sathi, 2020).…”

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Attitude and preventive practices towards COVID-19 disease and the impact of awareness training on knowledge of the disease among correctional officers

Okoro¹,

Ekeroku

Nweze

et al. 2020

Emerald Open Res

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COVID-19 disease remains a public health emergency of international concern. Efforts at the global and national levels are being made to control its spread. The Nigerian Correctional Service is also proactive in the fight against the disease by organizing COVID-19 awareness training for correctional officers. We conducted a pre- and post-test assessment of COVID-19 knowledge among correctional officers in Enugu State Command to determine the impact of awareness training on their knowledge level. The study also assessed correctional officers’ attitude and preventive practices towards the disease. The mean knowledge score was 19.34 out of 25, and the awareness training significantly improved the participants’ COVID-19 knowledge. We found a significant moderate, positive correlation between knowledge and attitude/practice, and a significantly higher knowledge level among those with higher educational qualifications. The majority of the respondents (87.9%) believed that there were confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, whereas 85.1%, 78.7%, and 75.9% believed that there were cases in other parts of the world, the world will win the battle against COVID-19, and that there will be successful control of the disease, respectively. Regular hand washing with soap and water was practiced by 87.9% of the participants, whereas 84.4%, 83%, and 58.9%, wore face masks in public places, practiced social distancing, and avoided crowded places, respectively. Obtaining information from multiple sources was the commonest (53.2%), and this was followed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (26.2%).

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Pre-travel health seeking practices of Umrah pilgrims departing from Assiut International Airport, Egypt

Cited by 16 publications

References 22 publications

Travelers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to infectious diseases in Italy

Travelers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to infectious diseases in Italy

Yellow fever vaccination: how much do travelers from Eastern India know?

Attitude and preventive practices towards COVID-19 disease and the impact of awareness training on knowledge of the disease among correctional officers

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