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- Title
Conducting travel health consultations for backpackers.
- Authors
Gawthrop, Mary
- Abstract
For many travellers, going backpacking is the first time they have left their home country for an extended period. Backpackers have a unique set of risks due to their likely activities and the large areas they tend to cover--often over more than one continent. This can present a challenge to the practice nurse. There are several key areas that need to be discussed with backpackers including risk of accidents, blood- borne infections, contraception, food and water hygiene, insect-borne infections and travel insurance, as well as the usual considerations for vaccinations and immunisations.
- Subjects
ACCIDENT prevention; PREVENTION of bites &; stings; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; DIARRHEA prevention; FOOD poisoning prevention; MALARIA prevention; MOUNTAIN sickness; RABIES prevention; BACKPACKING; BLOODBORNE infections; CONTRACEPTION; SEXUAL health; IMMUNIZATION; INSECTS; HEALTH insurance; MEDICAL office nursing; MEDICAL referrals; MENTAL health; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; TRAVEL hygiene; WATER pollution; WORLD Wide Web; INFORMATION resources; PREVENTION
- Publication
Practice Nursing, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 5, p231
- ISSN
0964-9271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/pnur.2016.27.5.231