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Inadequacies in Health Recommendations Provided for International Travelers by North American Travel Health Advisors

1994; Oxford University Press; Volume: 1; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1708-8305.1994.tb00566.x

1708-8305

Jay S. Keystone, Roberta Dismukes, Lisa Sawyer, Phyllis E. Kozarsky,

Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

BackgroundThe rise of international travel has increased the need for more, improved travel advice from physicians and public health facilities. The quality of the health information given has not been examined on a large-scale basis by many studies, however. Surveys in Canada, Switzerland, and the United States, for example, report that only 20% to 50% of practitioners could give accurate information regarding immunizations and prophylaxis about travel-related disease.