Global TravEpiNet (GTEN): U.S. Travelers? Health Research, Surveillance, Communication and Outreach Network

Global TravEpiNet (GTEN)：美国旅行者？

• 批准号: 10318495
• 负责人: REGINA C LAROCQUE
• 金额: $ 149.81万
• 依托单位: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-30 至 2026-09-29
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10318495
• 关键词: Global; TravEpiNet; GTEN; U.S.; Travelers

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT International travel may not only increase the risk of infection for an individual traveler, but may also contribute to the global spread of infections. A better understanding of this epidemiologically important population could lead to improved interventions (1) to promote the health of international travelers, and (2) to diminish the spread of infections within home communities. This application focuses on proposed efforts for the Global Travelers’ Epidemiology Network (Global TravEpiNet; GTEN). GTEN’s mission is to lessen illness among high-risk international travelers, including VFR travelers, and to reduce the likelihood of disease importation into the United States. GTEN is comprised of three components: (1) a U.S. national consortium of clinical sites that collects real-time data on pre-travel health care provided across the United States (since inception, over 150,000 records have been collected); (2) a public health outreach program (“Heading Home Healthy”; www.headinghomehealthy.org) that includes web-tools and educational materials in multiple languages for high risk and VFR travelers, as well as a clinical guidance tool for non-expert providers who deliver the majority of pre-travel care to such travelers -- these efforts involve established collaborations with Departments of Public Health and colleagues in New York City and Minneapolis/St. Paul; and (3) pre- and post-travel biosample collection. We propose to expand upon the existing infrastructure developed by GTEN in order to (1) answer fundamental questions relating to the health care of U.S. residents who travel internationally, (2) improve the pre-travel health care provided to vulnerable U.S. populations at highest risk of travel-related illness, and (3) quantitatively assess travel-related illnesses and the impact of interventions.

项目总结/摘要 国际旅行不仅可能增加个人旅行者的感染风险， 也会导致感染的全球传播。更好地理解本 流行病学上重要的人群可以导致改善干预措施（1），以促进 国际旅行者的健康，以及（2）减少家庭内感染的传播 社区.此应用程序的重点是为全球旅行者提出的努力， 流行病学网络（全球旅行和流行病网络; GTEN）。GTEN的使命是减少 高风险的国际旅行者，包括VFR旅行者，并减少疾病的可能性 进口到美国。GTEN由三部分组成：（1）美国国民 收集旅行前医疗保健实时数据的临床站点联盟， 美国（自成立以来，已收集了超过150，000条记录）;（2）公共 健康推广计划（“健康回家”; www.headinghomehealthy.org）， 包括网络工具和多语言的教育材料，用于高风险和VFR 旅行者，以及为非专家提供的临床指导工具， 旅行前的照顾，这些旅客-这些努力涉及建立合作， 纽约市和明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗的公共卫生部及其同事;以及 (3)旅行前后的生物样本采集。我们建议扩大现有的 GTEN开发的基础设施，以（1）回答有关的基本问题， 国际旅行的美国居民的医疗保健，（2）改善旅行前的医疗保健 提供给旅行相关疾病风险最高的美国弱势群体，以及（3） 定量评估与旅行有关的疾病和干预措施的影响。