Do British travel agents provide adequate health advice for travellers?

Authors
Lawlor, DA Burke, J Bouskill, E Conn, G Edwards, P Gillespie, D
Citation
Da. Lawlor et al., Do British travel agents provide adequate health advice for travellers?, BR J GEN PR, 50(456), 2000, pp. 567-568
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
ISSN journal
09601643 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
456
Year of publication
2000
Pages
567 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-1643(200007)50:456<567:DBTAPA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Travel-related illness is a burden for primary care, with more than two mil lion travellers consulting a general practitioner each year. The annual cos t of travel-related illness in the United Kingdom is pound 11 million. Trav el agents are in a unique position to influence this burden as the most com mon and most serious problems are preventable with simple advice and/or imm unisation. This study, using covert researchers, suggests this potential is not being fully utilised.