友人や親戚を訪れる北米の移民のための旅行医療の考慮事項
Nina Bacaner1, Bill Stauffer, David R Boulware
1Community University Health Care Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
JAMA
|June 17, 2004
まとめ
友人や親戚を訪問する移民 (VFRs) は,高い割合で国際旅行を行い,病気や死亡のリスクが高まります. 旅行前ケア戦略の改善は,この脆弱な集団にとって不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 旅行 医療 医療
- 移民の健康について
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 移民とその子供たちは,国際旅行者の有意な部分を占め,しばしば彼らの故郷を訪れる.
- これらの旅行者は,友人や親戚 (VFRs) を訪問する旅行者として知られており,国際旅行量の不釣り合いの大きなセグメントを表しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 訪問する友人や親戚 (VFRs) の健康リスクと旅行前のケアニーズを評価する.
- VFRの適切な旅行前のケアに対する障壁を特定し,改善のための戦略を提案する.
主な方法:
- MEDLINE,WHO,CDC,ISTMを含む複数のデータベースで,包括的な文献検索が行われました.
- 会議の議事録,要約,米国国勢調査局のデータ,旅行医療のテキストからの証拠が検討されました.
- 特にVFR旅行者を対象とした最近の証拠 (1996年−2003年) を優先した.
主要な成果:
- VFRでは,旅行関連の病気や死亡率が過度に高いことが示されています.
- 患者と臨床医の障壁,健康に関する信念,不完全なワクチン接種により,不十分な旅行前のケアが一般的です.
- VFRは,既にある疾患による感染性および非感染性疾患に対する感受性の高さに直面し,高リスク地域への旅行に直面する.
結論:
- 友人や親戚を訪問する (VFRs) は,旅行に関連する健康上の問題に対する高リスクグループであり,ターゲットを絞った介入が必要である.
- VFRの旅前のサービスは,アクセスしやすく,手頃な価格で,文化的に有能で,便利な場所にある必要があります.
- 医療従事者は,最適なケアを提供するために,VFRのリスクに関する知識を高め,最新の旅行保健情報にアクセスする必要があります.
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