Fatalities of American Travelers — 1975, 1984

Hargarten, Stephen W.; Baker, Timothy D.; Guptill, K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-73772-5_9

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“…The following advice has been proposed to reduce fatal injuries: avoid using motorcycles and riding on the back of open trucks; avoid small, non-scheduled aircraft; avoid travel at night; use seat belts in cars, and require them as a condition of rental; use helmets, if bicycles or motorcycles cannot be avoided; carefully select swimming areas; and avoid alcohol and food before swimming (HARGARTEN et al, 1989).…”

Section: Mortality Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

3. Travel medicine—prevention based on epidemiological data

Steffen

1991

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

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In travel medicine efforts should be concentrated on preventive measures that are necessary, and travellers should be spared the side effects, costs and stress of superfluous measures. Excess mortality abroad is mainly due to traffic and swimming accidents, indicating the need for appropriate control strategies. The morbidity in travellers to developing countries is high, and is primarily due to traveller's diarrhoea. As prophylaxis is ineffective or unrealistic, and as travellers often need fast relief, it is recommended to include loperamide and an antimicrobial agent in the travel kit. Recent studies have shown that the incidence rate per month of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa may reach . The most frequently occurring immunizable diseases are hepatitis A () and hepatitis B (). For many tourists and some expatriates pre-travel advice (hygiene, measures against mosquito bites, etc.) as well as chemoprophylaxis and immunization can be limited to these infections, but those travelling or staying outside large centres need additional measures Abstract In travel medicine efforts should be concentrated on preventive measures that are necessary, and travellers should be spared the side effects, costs and stress of superfluous measures.

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Section: Mortality Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

3. Travel medicine—prevention based on epidemiological data

Steffen

1991

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

130

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“…Only 2% of the IBTs report accidents and minor injuries. By comparison, some studies indicate higher accident rates (Bernard, 1989;Hargarten, 1988;Sharp, 1995), and one reports lower rates (Steffen, 1987). In part, this discrepancy possibly relates to differences in lifestyles while overseas.…”

Section: Problems Associated With Accidents and Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 96%

A Survey of the Health Experiences of International Business Travelers

Rogers¹,

Reilly²

2002

AAOHN Journal

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Atistract Occupational health professionals need to know more about the health, worklife, and family life of international business travelers (IBTs). This descriptive correlational study, in two parts, examines the physiological and psychosocial experiences associated with business travel for a sample of 140 employees from western Canada's oil and gas industry. Results for Part One show that 76% of mTs report travel related health problems, 74% have jet lag, 45% have travelers' diarrhea and gastrointestinal complaints, 12% to 16% have climate adaptation problems, and 2 % report accidents and minor injuries. High risk behaviors include not carrying a first aid travel kit (54%); drinking more alcohol than ordinarily (21%); and neglecting food, water, and antimalarial precautions (6% to 14%). Other risk factors include age, length of stay, destination, pre-travel medical examinations, pre-travel advice, and eating and accommoda

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“…Fatal injuries largely involve motor vehicle accidents or drownings. Even homicides and suicides outnumber deaths due to infectious diseases: 2.9 versus 1% of overseas deaths (54). However, while little can be done systematically to prevent the noninfectious deaths, many if not most of the infection-related deaths are preventable.…”

Section: Travel Risks Risk-benefit and Cost-benefitmentioning

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A week in the life of a travel clinic

Blair

1997

Clin Microbiol Rev

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International travel has increased enormously in recent years. With the greater movement of people have come increased encounters with a wide variety of diseases: malaria, dengue, cholera, typhoid fever, Ebola virus, and many more. The need for greater scope, consistency, and knowledgeability in pretravel health care to meet these challenges has been met by the emergence of the discipline of travel medicine. Travelers are well advised to become informed of the risks they face and to take steps to minimize those risks. After reviewing a traveler's medical history and a detailed itinerary, a travel medicine practitioner can offer expert advice on behavioral modifications, immunizations, and chemoprophylaxis regimens which will increase the traveler's margin of safety. The issues most frequently addressed in a travel clinic include treatment of traveler's diarrhea, malaria chemoprophylaxis, and immunizations, for hepatitis A, typhoid fever, tetanus/diphtheria, influenza, pneumococcus, hepatitis B, polio, meningococcus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and rabies. Pretravel consultation must consider the age and underlying health problems of the traveler, the nature of the trip (wilderness, jungle, rural, urban, resort, or cruise), the duration of travel, and the latest available information on the site in terms of disease outbreaks, terrorism, and natural calamities.

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Fatalities of American Travelers — 1975, 1984

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

3. Travel medicine—prevention based on epidemiological data

3. Travel medicine—prevention based on epidemiological data

A Survey of the Health Experiences of International Business Travelers

A week in the life of a travel clinic

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