Vaccination for the expatriate and long-term traveler

Shepherd, Suzanne M.; Shoff, William H.

doi:10.1586/14760584.2014.913485

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“…Travel medicine practitioners must be aware of precautions necessary against mosquito and other vectors/insects to grasp all barriers/limitations and give sufficient pre-travel counseling to expatriates. Japanese encephalitis vaccine should be considered in expatriates who plan to reside in the Southeast Asian region, especially if living in rural or suburban areas even if the disease incidence is low (approximately < 1 in million) [ 6 , 9 , 42 ].…”

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“…Limited studies have been conducted into health problems among expatriates staying in low-and middle-income countries [ 4 , 6 , 13 , 14 ]. The main objective of this review is to describe health problems and gaps in knowledge related to infectious problems and predominant travel-related syndromes among expatriates living in low-and middle-income countries.…”

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Infectious diseases and predominant travel-related syndromes among long-term expatriates living in low-and middle- income countries: a scoping review

Kitro

Ngamprasertchai

Srithanaviboonchai

2022

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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Introduction Expatriates working in low-and middle-income countries have unique health problems. Migration leads not only to an increase in individual health risk but also a risk of global impact, such as pandemics. Expatriates with no prior experience living in tropical settings have expressed greatest concern about infectious diseases and appropriate peri-travel consultation is essential to expatriates. The objective of this review is to describe infections and travel-related syndromes among expatriates living in low-and middle-income countries. Methods MEDLINE database since the year 2000 was searched for relevant literature. Search terms were “long-term travel”, “expatriate”, and “health problems”. The additional references were obtained from hand-searching of selected articles. Results Up to 80% of expatriates suffered from gastrointestinal problems followed by dermatologic problems (up to 40%), and febrile systemic infection/vector-borne/parasitic infection (up to 34%) Expatriates living in Southeast Asia were at risk of vector-borne diseases including dengue and non-Plasmodium falciparum (pf) malaria while expatriates living in South Asia had a high prevalence of acute and chronic diarrhea. Staying long-term in Africa was related to an elevated risk for pf malaria and gastrointestinal infection. In Latin America, dermatologic problems were commonly reported illnesses among expatriates. Conclusion Certain health risks for expatriates who are going to depart to specific regions should be the focus of pre-travel consultation. Specific health preparations may reduce the risk of disease throughout their time abroad. Disease and symptom awareness is essential for screening, early diagnosis, and better health outcomes for ill-expatriates.

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Infectious diseases and predominant travel-related syndromes among long-term expatriates living in low-and middle- income countries: a scoping review

Kitro

Ngamprasertchai

Srithanaviboonchai

2022

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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“…Expatriates are a group of people with a high cumulative risk of exposure to illness and injury (including the increased risk of certain vaccine-preventable illnesses) due to changes in travel patterns and activities, lifestyle alterations, and increased interaction with local populations. Pre-travel immunization management provides one safe and reliable method of preventing infectious illness in this group; however, this might not be enough to cope with anxiety ( Vaid et al, 2013 ; Shepherd and Shoff, 2014 ). In addition, there are diseases that are not preventable with vaccines.…”

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Expatriates’ Multiple Fears, from Terrorism to Working Conditions: Development of a Model

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Companies’ internationalization appears to be fundamental in the current globalized and competitive environment and seems important not only for organizational success, but also for societal development and sustainability. On one hand, global business increases the demand for managers for international assignment. On the other hand, emergent fears, such as terrorism, seem to be developing around the world, enhancing the risk of expatriates’ potential health problems. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between the emergent concept of fear of expatriation with further workplace fears (economic crisis and dangerous working conditions) and with mental health problems. The study uses a quantitative design. Self-reported data were collected from 265 Italian expatriate workers assigned to both Italian and worldwide projects. Structural equation model analyses showed that fear of expatriation mediates the relationship of mental health with fear of economic crisis and with perceived dangerous working conditions. As expected, in addition to fear, worries of expatriation are also related to further fears. Although, the study is based on self-reports and the cross-sectional study design limits the possibility of making causal inferences, the new constructs introduced add to previous research.

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“…Expats face a unique set of factors that have the potential to create an increased cumulative risk of exposure to vaccine-preventable illnesses in their host country [5], [18]. Many factors increase the likelihood of health risks in moving from developed to less developed countries, including problems adapting to different aspects of their host country (language, climate, politics), culture (status of women, attitudes, religion), and facilities (housing, transportation, infrastructure such as hospitals, police service) [19].…”

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Using Email Communication to Increase Expatriate Parents’ Knowledge of the Human Papillomavirus

Baker¹,

Somrongthong²

2016

IJPHS

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Expatriates face a unique set of determinants to health which may influence their level of knowledge, perception of available preventative health care alternatives and their health seeking behaviors. The objective of this study is to understand the effect of an email communication intervention on expatriate parents’ level of knowledge of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Repeated measurement of knowledge was conducted pre- and post-intervention among parents who received the study intervention (group 1) and those who received standard care (group 2). Intervention effect was measured by any change in knowledge within and between groups. The group 1 had a significant rise in knowledge mean from baseline to first and then second follow-up (m = 0.57 (SD 0.39), m = 0.84 (SD 0.16) and m = 0.87 (SD 0.11), respectively). In addition, after receiving the intervention, group 1 felt they had sufficient information to make an informed decision of whether to vaccinate their child(ren), with a significant difference from baseline to first post test, (χ² (1) = 8.50, p < 0.05). Based on an increase in knowledge, the study’s email intervention proved effective mode to disseminating HPV-related information.

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Vaccination for the expatriate and long-term traveler

Cited by 8 publications

References 112 publications

Infectious diseases and predominant travel-related syndromes among long-term expatriates living in low-and middle- income countries: a scoping review

Infectious diseases and predominant travel-related syndromes among long-term expatriates living in low-and middle- income countries: a scoping review

Expatriates’ Multiple Fears, from Terrorism to Working Conditions: Development of a Model

Using Email Communication to Increase Expatriate Parents’ Knowledge of the Human Papillomavirus

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