The changing landscape of travel health services in Canada

Bui, Yen‐Giang; Kuhn, Susan; Sow, Mariama; McCarthy, Anne; Geduld, J; Milord, François

doi:10.1093/jtm/tay032

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“…Our findings underscore the need for travel medicine interventions that target international retirement migrants to ensure they can make informed decisions regarding how best to manage their health while abroad [ 27 ]. The Canadian Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel could, for example, begin to identify best practices to support the development of interventions such as informational tools [ 43 ].…”

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“If you have a pain, get on a plane”: qualitatively exploring how short-term Canadian international retirement migrants prepare to manage their health while abroad

Pickering

Crooks

Snyder

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Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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Background Every year, tens of thousands of older Canadians travel abroad during the winter months to enjoy warmer destinations that offer social and recreational opportunities. How do these Canadians prepare to manage their health while abroad? In this analysis we explore this question by developing a typology of preparatory strategies. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 older Canadians living seasonally in Yuma, Arizona (United States). Interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed to form the basis of a typology of preparatory strategies. Results Four distinct preparatory strategies form the typology that summarizes how Canadian international retirement migrants prepare to manage their health while abroad. First, some participants became thoroughly prepared by gathering information from multiple sources and undertaking specific preparatory activities (e.g., visiting a travel medicine clinic, purchasing travel health insurance, bringing prescription refills). Second, some participants were preparation-adverse and relied on their abilities to address health needs and crises in-the-moment. Third, some participants became well informed about things they could do in advance to protect their health while abroad (e.g., purchasing travel health insurance) but opted not to undertake preparatory actions. A final group of participants prepared haphazardly. Conclusions This typology can assist health care providers in international retirement migrant destinations to appreciate differences among this patient population that is often characterized as being relatively homogenous. More research is needed to determine if these preparatory strategies are common in other mobile populations and if they are found in other destinations popular with international retirement migrants.

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“If you have a pain, get on a plane”: qualitatively exploring how short-term Canadian international retirement migrants prepare to manage their health while abroad

Pickering

Crooks

Snyder

et al. 2021

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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“…For pre-travel care, this has been identified as a priority given both the infrequency of patients cared for and the cyclical nature of pre-travel care. 3 …”

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“…This variability has led to urgent calls to develop standards to ensure the competence of both physician and non-physician travel health practitioners. 3 Doing so requires development of a framework based on best practices in competence development and assurance, beginning with the identification of the competencies required of pre-travel prescribers.…”

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Ensuring the quality of pre-travel prescribing

Winslade

Stowe

Aw³

2020

Journal of Travel Medicine

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“…In the last decade, Canadian pharmacists have taken an increasing role providing travel health services [1,2]. Many factors have influenced this trend including the rise in international travellers, expanding scope of practice, changes in government funding and lack of timely access to travel health services.…”

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Pharmacy Travel Health Services in Canada: Experience of Early Adopters

Thidrickson

Goodyer

2019

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Since 2007, community pharmacists in Canada have become increasingly involved in delivering Travel Health services, including the recommendation and administration of vaccines. This qualitative scoping survey examines some of the activities and opinions of those early pharmacist adopters delivering these services. A Survey Monkey free text questionnaire was emailed to pharmacists who were involved in delivering travel medicine services. 21 pharmacists responding represented seven Canadian provinces. Only 5 pharmacists estimated that they were seeing five or more patients a week on average. Amongst the challenges they faced the most quoted was lack of time when running a busy pharmacy (62%) a lack of prescribing authority, (52%), and lack of access to public health vaccines (52%). ‘Word of mouth’ was widely quoted as a means of developing the service, indicating a good patient satisfaction. Also expressed were the advantages of convenience in terms of being a ‘one stop shop’, ease of billing to insurance companies and convenient appointment times. There are a number of challenges which are still to be faced which may be resolved by further legislation allowing access to public health vaccines and more widespread prescribing rights. The relatively low level of consultations reported by some is of concern if those pharmacists are to maintain competence.

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The changing landscape of travel health services in Canada

Cited by 7 publications

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“If you have a pain, get on a plane”: qualitatively exploring how short-term Canadian international retirement migrants prepare to manage their health while abroad

“If you have a pain, get on a plane”: qualitatively exploring how short-term Canadian international retirement migrants prepare to manage their health while abroad

Ensuring the quality of pre-travel prescribing

Pharmacy Travel Health Services in Canada: Experience of Early Adopters

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