Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study
With the increase in air travel, the risk of diseases travelling from one geographical area to another has also increased. Relatively little is known about how travellers know and perceive the health risks associated with travel and how they adopt preventive measures before and while travelling abr...
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With the increase in air travel, the risk of diseases travelling from one geographical area to another has also increased. Relatively little is known about how travellers know and perceive the health risks associated with travel and how they adopt preventive measures before and while travelling abroad. The objective of this study is to determine the risk perception about communicable and vector-borne diseases among international travellers arriving from different countries and to find any association between the level of risk perception and independent variables. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 426 participants enrolled through convenient sampling technique. An already validated questionnaire was used to collect information. Chi square test was applied to ascertain any significant association between dependent and independent variables. Out of 426 respondents, only 226 (53%) had a high risk perception, whereas 220 (47%) had a low risk perception.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9b137f163dd4dc6aca0118d63cb3e3d2024-02-24T05:33:39ZengPakistan Medical AssociationJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association0030-99822024-02-0174410.47391/JPMA.7153Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional studySara Saeed0Qandeel Tahir1Ayesha Babar Kawish2Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Central Health Establishment, Ministry of National Health Services regulations and co-ordination, Karachi, PakistanAl-Shifa School of Public Health, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, PakistanAl-Shifa School of Public Health, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan With the increase in air travel, the risk of diseases travelling from one geographical area to another has also increased. Relatively little is known about how travellers know and perceive the health risks associated with travel and how they adopt preventive measures before and while travelling abroad. The objective of this study is to determine the risk perception about communicable and vector-borne diseases among international travellers arriving from different countries and to find any association between the level of risk perception and independent variables. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 426 participants enrolled through convenient sampling technique. An already validated questionnaire was used to collect information. Chi square test was applied to ascertain any significant association between dependent and independent variables. Out of 426 respondents, only 226 (53%) had a high risk perception, whereas 220 (47%) had a low risk perception. ---Continue https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/7153Travel medicineHealth advisoryTraveller’s healthRisk perception |
| spellingShingle | Sara Saeed Qandeel Tahir Ayesha Babar Kawish Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Travel medicine Health advisory Traveller’s health Risk perception |
| title | Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study |
| title_full | Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study |
| title_short | Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study |
| title_sort | risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to pakistan a cross sectional study |
| topic | Travel medicine Health advisory Traveller’s health Risk perception |
| url | https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/7153 |
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