Vfr Flashcards

1
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Intern’l travel
Percent based on purpose of travel

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Leisure/holiday, 40 to 50%
VF R, approximately 30%
Business, 10 to 20%
Conference 3%
Study/teach 3% 

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VFR travelers increased burden of disease from travel?

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Malaria, yes
Typhoid yes
Hepatitis A varies
G.I. infection varies
G.I. parasites, more common in immigrant VFR’s
Acute and bacterial diarrhea, less common in immigrant VFR’s

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Malaria and VFR travelers

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73% of US civilians, who got malaria were VFR, our travelers

93% of residence who got malaria had not taken prophylaxis 

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Typhoid and VFR traveler 

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85 to 95% travel associated
95% of cases were not immunized
VFR most common reason for travel

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Perspective on risk of international travel

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No difference between VFR and other travelers. Most cited reason was didn’t think there was risk enough to seek a visit. 

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Age of the FR children

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-<1 yo 7% vs 0.4 non VFR
1-5. 39% vs 4% non VFR
6-18 54% vs 95% non VFR

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Heading home healthy

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Focused on VFR travelers
Use posters videos, and travel related items to encourage travel health interventions
Supported by CDC

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VFR malaria project
MN, NY, uniformed services univ. and CDC

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Novel barriers identified for VFR

Negative healthcare experience in the past
Competing pre-travel tasks and priorities
Tablets ran out too early
If cost prohibitive, then purchase at destination or treat, went ill
Skepticism about getting advice from practitioner, who is never seen malaria and looks things up in books

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