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国际旅行，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与旅行有关的疾病成为当务之急。该项目的目的是确定寻求旅行前建议的旅行者的类型，并确定高危旅行者群体的特征；评估旅行者和向他们提供建议的卫生保健专业人员的知识、态度和做法；并设计可利用旅行诊所就诊来加强常规成人保健的方法，例如提高对流感和其他疾病的免疫率。波士顿地区旅行医学网络和其他旅行医学研究中心和疾病预防控制中心的成员将制定解决这些目标的研究方案，研究人群将是旅行诊所和周围地理区域的旅行者，该地区的旅行药物提供者和初级保健从业者都可以看到。该项目产生的数据将用于制定战略和干预措施，以减少与旅行有关的疾病，特别是对高风险旅行者，并利用旅行诊所就诊的机会来增强整体健康。来自美国的国际旅行的增加，特别是高风险旅行者的国际旅行，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与旅行有关的疾病成为当务之急。这个项目的目的是研究大量的旅行者，特别是那些高风险的人。这些研究的数据将被用来制定战略和干预措施，以减少与旅行有关的疾病，特别是对高风险旅行者，并利用旅行诊所就诊的机会来增强整体健康。

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.