Pre-Travel Health Care of Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends and Relatives

LaRocque, Regina C.; Deshpande, Bhushan R.; Rao, Sowmya R.; Brunette, Gary W.; Sotir, Mark J.; Jentes, Emily S.; Ryan, Edward T.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0460

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Pre-Travel Health Care of Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends and Relatives

Nov 13 2012
By LaRocque, Regina C. ; Deshpande, Bhushan R. ; Rao, Sowmya R. ; ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0460
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 88(2):376-380.

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Immigrants returning home to visit friends and relatives (VFR travelers) are at higher risk of travel-associated illness than other international travelers. We evaluated 3,707 VFR and 17,507 non-VFR travelers seen for pre-travel consultation in Global TravEpiNet during 2009-2011; all were traveling to resource-poor destinations. VFR travelers more commonly visited urban destinations than non-VFR travelers (42% versus 30%, P < 0.0001); 54% of VFR travelers were female, and 18% of VFR travelers were under 6 years old. VFR travelers sought health advice closer to their departure than non-VFR travelers (median days before departure was 17 versus 26, P < 0.0001). In multivariable analysis, being a VFR traveler was an independent predictor of declining a recommended vaccine. Missed opportunities for vaccination could be addressed by improving the timing of pre-travel health care and increasing the acceptance of vaccines. Making pre-travel health care available in primary care settings may be one step to this goal.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Communicable Disease Control Delivery Of Health Care Emigrants And Immigrants Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Planning Guidelines Humans Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Public Health Travel Vaccination Young Adult
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Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 88(2):376-380.
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U01CK000175/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States ; U19CI000514/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States

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