Do British travel agents provide adequate health advice for travellers?
Travel-related illness is a burden for primary care, with more than two million travellers consulting a general practitioner each year. The annual cost of travel-related illness in the United Kingdom is 11 million Pounds. Travel agents are in a unique position to influence this burden as the most common and most serious problems are preventable with simple advice and/or immunisation. This study, using covert researchers, suggests this potential is not being fully utilised.
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Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol. D.A.Lawlor@bristol.ac.uk
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Bouskill
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Edwards
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D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel; D006113:United Kingdom