Travel health attitudes among Turkish business travellers to African countries

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dc.authorid101949en_US
dc.contributor.authorSelçuk, Engin Burak
dc.contributor.authorKayabaş, Üner
dc.contributor.authorOtlu, Barış
dc.contributor.authorBayındır, Yaşar
dc.contributor.authorBozdoğan, Bülent
dc.contributor.authorKarataş, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorBinbaşıoğlu, Hulisi
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-10T06:36:40Z
dc.date.available2017-07-10T06:36:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The number of international travellers is increasing worldwide. Although health risks related to international travel are important and generally wellunderstood, the perception of these risks was unclear among Turkish travellers. We aimed to evaluate the attitudes and health risk awareness of Turkish travellers travelling to African countries. Method: A survey was performed of Turkish travellers bound for Africa from Istanbul International Ataturk Airport in July 2013. Results: A total of 124 travellers were enrolled in the study. Among them, 62.9% had information about their destination but only 11.3% had looked for information on health problems related to travel and their destination. Of all travellers, 53.2% had at least one vaccination before travelling. The most commonly administered vaccine was for typhoid. Among the travellers, 69.3% and 80.6% had “no idea” about yellow fever vaccination and malaria prophylaxis, respectively. A positive correlation was found between a higher level of travellers’ education and receiving the recommended vaccination for the destination. Conclusions: Our study revealed significant gaps in the vaccination and chemoprophylaxis uptake of Turkish travellers departing to Africa. An awareness and training program should be developed for travellers, as well as public health workers, to address health risks related to travel.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSelçuk, E. B. Kayabaş, Ü. Binbaşıoğlu, H. Otlu, B. Bayındır, Y. Bozdoğan, B. Karataş, M. (2016). Travel health attitudes among Turkish business travellers to African countries. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 14(6), 614–620.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.09.005en_US
dc.identifier.endpage620en_US
dc.identifier.issn14778939
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.startpage614en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1477893916301235
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/7348
dc.identifier.volume14en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTravel Medicine and Infectious Diseaseen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTravel Medicine and Infectious Diseaseen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectChemoprophylaxisen_US
dc.subjectHealth behaviouren_US
dc.subjectPreventive medicineen_US
dc.subjectTravel medicineen_US
dc.subjectVaccinationen_US
dc.titleTravel health attitudes among Turkish business travellers to African countriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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