Spanish Travelers to High‐Risk Areas in the Tropics: Airport Survey of Travel Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Vaccination and Malaria Prevention

Abstract

More than half of travelers to risk areas received no vaccinations before the trip. More than a third of travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa received no malaria prophylaxis.

A cross-sectional study on the knowledge and practice of travel vaccination and malaria prophylaxis for international travel among resident doctors of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat

“…[1,2,13,14] Reasons of low practice in this study were not required for country of vaccination followed by non-awareness, while in other studies, the reasons were paucity of information on travel vaccination, distressing protocols and requirement for the vaccination, cost of vaccination as well as poor monitoring system for ensuring travel vaccination at the entry and exit points of the countries, unaware of being at risk, low knowledge of vaccination being important for traveling, cost of the vaccination, and side effects. [1,10,14] The knowledge about travel vaccination and malaria prophylaxis was found to be good in this study which was similar to the results of other studies. [1,5,10,[12][13][14][15] …”

“…[1,10,14] The knowledge about travel vaccination and malaria prophylaxis was found to be good in this study which was similar to the results of other studies. [1,5,10,[12][13][14][15] …”

“…[7][8][9] Improvement in the knowledge and health education of disease transmission among travelers, following recommendations on sanitation, food, and water hygiene, avoiding arthropod bites with physical barrier methods and insect repellents, chemical prophylaxis against malaria, and taking required vaccinations are all known to reduce the risk of travel-associated diseases. [10] Since a considerable amount of travelers are at risk for having a travel-related illness or injury during their outings, there is a need for travelers to seek suitable pre-travel health education and immunizations to reduce the risk of any ailment while away from their country of residence. [11] …”

Health Risks in Travelers to South Africa: The GeoSentinel Experience and Implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

“…Several recent airport studies of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in international travelers documented rates of pre-travel immunizations in the order of < 5-45%. [13][14][15] Because of the small numbers; further study is required to refine any of the current indications for Table 3 Top five individual diagnoses among the three most common syndrome groups for South Africa, neighboring country, and sub-Saharan Africa travelers * ( ) Expressed as number of cases per 1,000 patients with that syndrome 17 and the virus is expected to cause the majority of infections in 2010. All travelers should consider vaccination against the pandemic and seasonal strains.…”

Ellos también viajan

“…sus amigos y familiares (visiting relatives and friends [VRF]) [6][7][8] . Aunque los niños representan una parte importante de los viajeros internacionales, existe poca información de la medicina previaje en este grupo de población.…”