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ArticleJournal of travel medicine2016

International travellers from New Jersey: piloting a travel health module in the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.

Rhett J Stoney, Phyllis Kozarsky, Roberd M Bostick, Mark J Sotir

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Article in Journal of travel medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rhett J StoneyDivision of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and uyn2@cdc.gov.
Phyllis KozarskyDivision of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and.
Roberd M BostickDepartment of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mark J SotirDivision of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USEmory University · US

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Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Department of Health used the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (NJBRFS), a state component of the national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to pilot a travel health module designed to collect population-based data on New Jersey residents travelling internationally. Our objective was to use this population-based travel health information to serve as a baseline to evaluate trends in US international travellers.

methodsA representative sample of New Jersey residents was identified through a random-digit-dialing method and administered the travel health module, which asked five questions: travel outside of USA during the previous year; destination; purpose; if a healthcare provider was visited before travel and any travel-related illness. Additional health variables from the larger NJBRFS were considered and included in bivariate analyses and multiple logistic regression; weights were assigned to variables to account for survey design complexity.

resultsOf 4029 participants, 841 (21%) travelled internationally. Top destinations included Mexico (10%), Canada (9%), Dominican Republic (6%), Bahamas (5%) and Italy (5%). Variables positively associated with travel included foreign birth, ≥$75 000 annual household income, college education and no children living in the household. One hundred fifty (18%) of 821 travellers with known destinations went to high-risk countries; 40% were visiting friends and relatives and only 30% sought pre-travel healthcare. Forty-eight (6%) of 837 responding travellers reported travel-related illness; 44% visited high-risk countries.

conclusionsApproximately one in five NJBRFS respondents travelled internationally during the previous year, a sizeable proportion to high-risk destinations. Few reported becoming ill as a result of travel but almost one-half of those ill had travelled to high-risk destinations. Population-based surveillance data on travellers can help document trends in destinations, traveller type and disease prevalence and evaluate the effectiveness of disease prevention programmmes.

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInternationalityAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBahamasCanadaDominican RepublicFemaleHumansItalyLogistic ModelsMaleMexicoBRFSSNew Jerseypopulation-based surveillancetravel epidemiologytravellers’ healthUS international travel

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PMID26782130
PMCPMC4843503
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