Travel health: non-vaccine preventable risks
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Travel health: non-vaccine preventable risks

Jeannett Martin Senior Nurse, MRC General Practice Research Framework, London

Aim and intended learning outcomes

The aim of this article is to outline the non-vaccine preventable health hazards associated with travel abroad. It will include a description of the risks and the implications for advising travellers abroad. After reading this article you should be able to:

Identify key areas of non-vaccine preventable health risks associated with travel abroad

Access further information on health advice for travellers

Recognise the risks associated with air travel, accidents, malaria, sun, sea, sex, food and water

Describe some measures that can be taken to reduce these risks.

Nursing Standard. 12, 35, 49-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.12.35.49.s49

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