Travel health: reducing the preventable risks.
Most travellers attend travel consultations to have immunizations. However, arthropod-borne diseases, diseases found in food and water, sexually transmitted diseases and sun-related problems all present significant risks to the traveller and cannot be prevented by vaccine. This article discusses these four areas in depth, updating nurses on an area of health promotion that aims to reduce these travel-related risks.
Hainsworth
Terry
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Mid Sussex Primary Care Trust.
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel