Identifying future VFR travelers among immigrant families in the Bronx, New York.
Travelers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) have low rates of pre-travel health encounters. In 2006 in the Bronx, New York, a convenience sample of 129 families originating in malaria-endemic countries and presenting for a routine pediatric outpatient evaluation completed a standardized questionnaire regarding future travel plans to their country of origin. Pro-active screening for intended travel activities can identify future VFR travelers and ascertain potentially high-risk itineraries, thereby enabling education regarding the importance of accessing competent pre-travel medicine services.
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10457, USA. shagmann@bronxleb.org
Stefan
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Hagmann
Namrata
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Reddy
Richard
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Neugebauer
Murli
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Purswani
Karin
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Leder
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D012306:Risk; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel / Q000639:trends; D055815:Young Adult