Global TravEpiNet (GTEN): the Heading Home Healthy Program and Global Travelers' Health National Research Center Consortium, Guidance and Outreach Programs

Global TravEpiNet (GTEN)：回家健康计划和全球旅行者健康国家研究中心联盟、指导和外展计划

• 批准号: 10160720
• 负责人: REGINA C LAROCQUE
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-30 至 2021-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10160720
• 关键词: Global; TravEpiNet; GTEN; Heading; Home

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 two components: (1) a consortium of over 20 clinical sites that collects real-time data on pre-travel health care provided across the United States (since inception: over 80,000 records have been collected), and (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. We propose to expand upon the existing infrastructure developed by GTEN in order to (1) answer fundamental questions relating to the health care of US residents who travel internationally, and (2) improve the pre-travel health care provided to vulnerable US populations at highest risk of travel-related illness.

项目概要/摘要 国际旅行不仅可能增加个人旅行者的感染风险， 但也可能导致感染的全球传播。对此有更好的理解 流行病学重要人群可以改善干预措施 (1) 促进国际旅行者的健康，以及 (2) 减少感染的传播 在家庭社区内。本申请重点关注全球拟议的努力 旅行者流行病学网络（全球 TravEpiNet；GTEN）。 GTEN 的使命是 减少高风险国际旅行者（包括 VFR 旅行者）的疾病，并 减少疾病输入美国的可能性。 GTEN 的组成 由两个组成部分组成：(1) 由 20 多个临床站点组成的联盟，收集实时数据 关于在美国各地提供的旅行前医疗保健（自成立以来：超过 已收集 80,000 份记录），以及 (2) 公共卫生外展计划 （“Heading Home Healthy”；www.headinghomehealthy.org），包括网络工具和 为高风险和 VFR 旅行者提供多种语言的教育材料，以及 为提供大部分旅行前护理的非专家提供者提供临床指导工具 对于这样的旅行者。我们建议扩展现有的基础设施开发 GTEN 的目的是 (1) 回答与美国医疗保健相关的基本问题 出国旅行的居民，以及 (2) 改善提供的旅行前医疗保健 旅行相关疾病风险最高的美国弱势群体。