TY - JOUR ID - 34215 TI - Travelers’ Reported Preventive Health Behavior in Jinja, Uganda JO - International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health JA - IJTMGH LA - en SN - 2322-1100 AU - Bias, Travis AU - Allen, Carl AU - Buckley, Anna AU - Hillman, Alex AU - Lillie, Tamsin AU - Goima, Immaculate AU - Nyakunga, Gissela AU - Willimann, Melanie AU - Sanford, Christopher AD - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK AD - Miranda Medical Centre, Sydney, Australia AD - Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK AD - York Hospital, York Teaching hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, UK AD - Paediatric Department, Rotorua Hospital, Rotorua, New Zealand AD - Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania AD - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, USA AD - Department of Family Medicine and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 107 EP - 110 KW - Travel KW - Travel Medicine KW - Developed Countries KW - Patient compliance KW - Communicable diseases KW - Chemoprevention DO - 10.21859/ijtmgh-040403 N2 - Introduction: Increasing international travel to low-income areas is confronting travelers with new health threats. This study investigated international travelers’ health advice, behavior, and information needs in a low-income setting.Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Between October 27–31, 2014, 127 semi-structured surveys were conducted in Jinja, Uganda with international travelers selected by central-location intercept convenience sampling. Data was analyzed using SPSS software.Results: Among all the 127 respondents, 88% sought pre-travel medical advice. The surveys revealed a pool of many traveling longer than six months (32.3%) with 72.3% of those being for volunteer purposes, while 41.2% of those traveling for less than one month (40.2%) were volunteers. Compliance with malaria chemoprophylaxis was reported by 94.1% of those traveling less than one month and 53.7% of those traveling longer than six months. Malaria topped the list of travel concerns among travelers, with sexually transmitted infections and Ebola virus disease cited as additional concerns.Conclusion: Long-term travelers were heavily represented in the current sample, perhaps due to current events harming short-term tourism. Consistent with prior research, compliance with malaria prophylaxis decreased with length of travel as younger respondents trended toward poorer compliance. This survey highlights the need to accurately define “traveler” and its specific categories to better assess health risks for future travelers. UR - https://www.ijtmgh.com/article_34215.html L1 - https://www.ijtmgh.com/article_34215_626fe829104447598cb6bc6b080b4f81.pdf ER -