Tuning into the travel health risks of music tourism

Lu, Timothy Siliang; Flaherty, Gerard

doi:10.1093/jtm/tay106

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“…This observation is consistent with prior reports that document transmission of various communicable diseases, including influenza A (H1N1), through mass gatherings and 'music tourism'. 4,5 For those who were confirmed in Osaka, we traced their contacts to identify secondary and tertiary cases. Osaka's records have a uniform format that reduces the potential of systematic errors in the data collection process.…”

Section: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19mentioning

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Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among attendees of live concert events in Japan using contact-tracing data

Koizumi

Siddique

Andalibi

2020

Journal of Travel Medicine

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Section: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19mentioning

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Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among attendees of live concert events in Japan using contact-tracing data

Koizumi

Siddique

Andalibi

2020

Journal of Travel Medicine

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Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Memish

Steffen

White³

et al. 2019

The Lancet

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Mass gathering events are associated with major public health challenges. The 2014 Lancet Series on the new discipline of mass gatherings medicine was launched at the World Health Assembly of Ministers of Health in Geneva in May, 2014. The Series covered the planning and surveillance systems used to monitor public health risks, public health threats, and experiences of health-care providers from mass gathering events in 2012 and 2013. This follow-up Review focuses on the main public health issues arising from planned mass gathering events held between 2013 and 2018. We highlight public health and research data on transmission of infectious diseases and antibioticresistant bacteria, mass casualty incidents, and non-communicable diseases, including thermal disorders. In the events discussed in this Review, the combination of a large influx of people, many from countries with outbreakprone infectious diseases, with a high degree of crowd interactions imposed substantial burdens on host countries' health systems. The detection and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela and the Hajj raise concern of possible globalisation from mass-gathering religious events. Priorities for further investments and opportunities for research into prevention, surveillance, and management of these public health issues are discussed. Search strategy and selection criteriaWe searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for English language papers that were published from a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk disorders. Priorities for further investments and oppor tunities for research into prevention, surveillance, and management of communicable and noncom municable diseases, thermal disorders, and mass casualty incidents are discussed.

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Recreational substance use among international travellers

Charoensakulchai,

Onwan,

Kanchanasurakit

et al. 2024

Journal of Travel Medicine

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Background Drug tourism reflects the expanding illicit drug market, posing health risks in unfamiliar travel settings. Existing knowledge specifically addressing substance use among international travellers is sparse and has not been reviewed to date. This review aimed to describe the recreational substance abuse in international travellers. Methods A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus using keywords related to recreational substances and international travellers. A total of 11 021 articles were reviewed, charted and summarized for the evidence on prevalence, patterns and characteristics of substance abuse and their health- and non-health-related problems on international travellers. Results Fifty-eight articles were included. Most were cross-sectional studies and review articles. Twenty articles addressed the prevalence of substance abuse in travellers, 33 looked at characteristics and patterns of substance abuse in travellers and 39 investigated the health- and non-health-related problems from substance abuse. Estimated prevalence of recreational substances abuse varied from 0.7% to 55.0%. Rates of substances abuse were 9.45% to 34.5% for cannabis, 20.4% to 35.9% for alcohol intoxication, 2.82% to 40.5% for MDMA, 2% to 22.2% for cocaine, 2% to 15% for psychedelic agents and 2% for methamphetamine. The prevalence varied according to travellers’ characteristics and travel destinations. Direct health problems included neuropsychiatric problems. Indirect problems included accident and unintentional injuries, crime and violence, risky sexual behaviours and sexual violence and blood-borne infections. Non-health-related problems included air rage, deportation and violation of local laws. Conclusion Substance abuse among international travellers is an underestimated problem that requires intervention. These findings emphasize the importance of addressing this issue to mitigate both health and well-being problems among travellers while promoting safer and more responsible travel experiences. In the context of travel health practices, practitioners should counsel travellers whose itineraries may include substance abuse, informing them about associated risks and consequences.

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Tuning into the travel health risks of music tourism

Cited by 3 publications

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Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among attendees of live concert events in Japan using contact-tracing data

Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among attendees of live concert events in Japan using contact-tracing data

Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Recreational substance use among international travellers

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