Boston Area Travel Medicine Network (BATMN)

描述（由申请人提供） 来自美国的国际旅行的增加，特别是高风险旅行者的增加，以及对新的和重新出现的传染病及其通过全球移民传播的担忧，使得寻求更好的方法来减少旅行相关疾病变得势在必行。该项目的目的是确定旅行前咨询的旅行者类型，并确定高风险旅行者群体的特征;评估旅行者和向他们提供咨询的卫生保健专业人员的知识、态度和做法;设计旅行诊所访问可用于加强常规成人卫生保健的方法，例如提高流感和其他疾病的免疫接种率。解决这些目标的研究方案将由波士顿地区旅行医学网络和其他旅行医学研究中心和CDC的成员开发，研究人群将是旅行诊所和周围地理区域的旅行者，由旅行医学提供者和该地区的初级保健医生提供。该项目产生的数据将用于制定战略和干预措施，以减少旅行相关疾病，特别是高风险旅行者，并利用旅行诊所访问的机会提高整体健康。来自美国的国际旅行的增加，特别是高风险旅行者的增加，以及对新的和重新出现的传染病及其通过全球移民传播的担忧，使得寻求更好的方法来减少旅行相关疾病变得势在必行。该项目的目的是研究大型旅行者群体，特别是那些高风险的旅行者。这些研究的数据将用于制定策略和干预措施，以减少旅行相关疾病，特别是高风险旅行者，并利用旅行诊所访问的机会提高整体健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The increase in international travel from the United States, especially by high risk travelers, and the concern about new and re-emerging infectious diseases and their spread by global migration makes it imperative that better methods are sought to reduce travel-related illness. The aims of this project are to define the types of travelers seen for pre-travel advice and characterize groups of high risk travelers; to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices of both travelers and health care professionals that provide them with advice; and to design ways in which travel clinic visits can be used to enhance routine adult health care, such as by increasing rates of immunization against influenza and other diseases. Study protocols to address these aims will be developed by members of the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network and other Travel Medicine Research Centers and CDC, and the study population will be travelers seen in the travel clinics and in the surrounding geographic area by both the travel medicine providers and by primary care practitioners in the area. The data generated by the project will be used to develop strategies and interventions to reduce travel related illness, especially for high risk travelers, and to use the opportunity of the travel clinic visit to enhance overall health. The increase in international travel from the United States, especially by high risk travelers, and the concern about new and re-emerging infectious diseases and their spread by global migration, makes it imperative that better methods are sought to reduce travel-related illness. The aims of this project are to study large groups of travelers, especially those who are high risk. The data from these studies will be used to develop strategies and interventions to reduce travel related illness, especially for high risk travelers, and to use the opportunity of the travel clinic visit to enhance overall health.