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Article: Adherence to anti-vectorial prevention measures among travellers with chikungunya and malaria returning to Australia: Comparative epidemiology
Title | Adherence to anti-vectorial prevention measures among travellers with chikungunya and malaria returning to Australia: Comparative epidemiology |
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Keywords | Chikungunya Communicable diseases Health behavior Malaria Travel medicine |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | BMC Research Notes, 2018, v. 11, n. 1, article no. 590 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective: Compare the adoption and adherence to health protection behaviours prior to and during travel among international Australian travellers who return to Australia with notified chikungunya or malaria infection. This information could inform targeted health promotion and intervention strategies to limit the establishment of these diseases within Australia. Results: Seeking travel advice prior to departure was moderate (46%, N = 21/46) yet compliance with a range of recommended anti-vectorial prevention measures was low among both chikungunya and malaria infected groups (16%, N = 7/45). Reasons for not seeking advice between groups was similar and included 'previous overseas travel with no problems' (45%, N = 9/20) and 'no perceived risk of disease' (20%, N = 4/20). Most chikungunya cases (65%, N = 13/20) travelled to Indonesia and a further 25% (N = 5/20) visited India, however most malaria cases (62%, N = 16/26) travelled to continental Africa with only 12% (N = 3/26) travelling to India. The majority (50%, N = 10/20) of chikungunya cases reported 'holiday' as their primary purpose of travel, compared to malaria cases who most frequently reported travel to visit friends and family (VFR; 42%, N = 11/26). These results provide import data that may be used to support distinct public health promotion and intervention strategies of two important vector-borne infectious diseases of concern for Australia. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/325397 |
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dc.contributor.author | Adam, Dillon Charles | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bui, Chau Minh | - |
dc.contributor.author | Heywood, Anita Elizabeth | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kunasekaran, Mohana | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sheikh, Mohamud | - |
dc.contributor.author | Narasimhan, Padmanesan | - |
dc.contributor.author | MacIntyre, Chandini Raina | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-27T07:32:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-27T07:32:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Research Notes, 2018, v. 11, n. 1, article no. 590 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/325397 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Compare the adoption and adherence to health protection behaviours prior to and during travel among international Australian travellers who return to Australia with notified chikungunya or malaria infection. This information could inform targeted health promotion and intervention strategies to limit the establishment of these diseases within Australia. Results: Seeking travel advice prior to departure was moderate (46%, N = 21/46) yet compliance with a range of recommended anti-vectorial prevention measures was low among both chikungunya and malaria infected groups (16%, N = 7/45). Reasons for not seeking advice between groups was similar and included 'previous overseas travel with no problems' (45%, N = 9/20) and 'no perceived risk of disease' (20%, N = 4/20). Most chikungunya cases (65%, N = 13/20) travelled to Indonesia and a further 25% (N = 5/20) visited India, however most malaria cases (62%, N = 16/26) travelled to continental Africa with only 12% (N = 3/26) travelling to India. The majority (50%, N = 10/20) of chikungunya cases reported 'holiday' as their primary purpose of travel, compared to malaria cases who most frequently reported travel to visit friends and family (VFR; 42%, N = 11/26). These results provide import data that may be used to support distinct public health promotion and intervention strategies of two important vector-borne infectious diseases of concern for Australia. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Research Notes | - |
dc.subject | Chikungunya | - |
dc.subject | Communicable diseases | - |
dc.subject | Health behavior | - |
dc.subject | Malaria | - |
dc.subject | Travel medicine | - |
dc.title | Adherence to anti-vectorial prevention measures among travellers with chikungunya and malaria returning to Australia: Comparative epidemiology | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s13104-018-3695-9 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 30107816 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC6092863 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85051567481 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 11 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 590 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 590 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1756-0500 | - |