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[Knowledge, attitudes and practices among travellers to tropical and subtropical countries]
S Gisler1, R Steffen, M Mütsch
1Institut für Sozial-und Präventivmedizin der Universität Zürich, Abteilung Epidemiologie und Prävention ubertragbarer Krankheiten, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traveller's Health, Zürich, Schweiz.
Abstract:
Passengers with destinations in developing countries have been interviewed prior to departure on Zurich Airport. A total of 946 questionnaires were evaluated, 337 on travel related malaria prior to visiting an endemic country, 609 on vaccinations. This corresponds to a response rate of 72.3%. Among the respondents 550 (58.1%) had received travel health advice by a doctor. Overall, 25.5% were immunized against hepatitis A. While 70.4% of those who had obtained travel health advice carried medication against malaria, only 31.3% of those without such advice did so. Travel health advice resulted in a significantly increased appreciation of the risk of hepatitis A or malaria at the destination. Considerations on healthy travel should become a cornerstone in travel planning; special risk groups have been identified.
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