title: Road Traffic and Other Unintentional Injuries Among Travelers to Developing Countries.
abstract: Injuries result in nearly 6 million deaths and incur 52 million disability-adjusted life-years annually, making up 15% of the global disease burden. More than 90% of this burden occurs in low- and middle-income countries. Given this burden, it is not unexpected that injuries are the leading cause of death among travelers to low- and middle-income countries, namely, from road traffic crashes and drowning. Therefore, pretravel advice regarding foreseeable dangers and how to avoid them may significantly mitigate injury risk, such as wearing seatbelts, helmets, and personal flotation devices when appropriate; responsibly consuming alcohol; and closely supervising children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Suite BB-487, PO Box 356410, Seattle, WA 98195-6410, USA; School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Electronic address: stewarb@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Barclay T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute, University PO Box 40, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Isaac Kofi
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Yankson
authors.affiliation: CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute, University PO Box 40, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Afukaar
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Técnica del CONAPRA, Subsecretaría de Prevención y Promoción Secretaría Salud, Guadalajara 46 3er. Piso Col Roma Norte, CP 06700, Mexico DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Martha C Hijar
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Policy and Prevention Research, Department of Public Health Informatics, Hanoi School of Public Health, 138 Giảng Võ, Kim Mã, Ba Đình, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Pham Viet
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Cuong
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, Patricia Bracelin Steel Memorial Building, 401 Broadway, 4th Floor, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mock
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003906:Developing Countries; D004332:Drowning / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D012449:Safety; D014195:Travel; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Advocacy; Burn; Drowning; Fall; Injury prevention; Road traffic injuries; Travel medicine; Unintentional injury