旅行医学.ppt

Introduction to travel medicine
Dr Peter A Leggat
MD, PhD, DrPH, FAFPHM, FACTM, FFTM
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Australia, &
Visiting Professor, School of Public Health,
University of the Witwatersrand
About the author
Dr Peter Leggat has co-ordinated the Australian postgraduate course in travel medicine since 1993. He has also been on the faculty of the South African travel medicine course, conducted since 2000, and the Worldwise New Zealand Travel Health update programs since 1998. Dr Leggat has assisted in the development of travel medicine programs in several countries and also the Certificate of Knowledge examination for the International Society of Travel Medicine.
Objectives
In this session
Define travel medicine
Examine some figures for global and local migration
Hopefully gain an appreciation of the importance of giving travel health advice
Discuss some ponents that are needed in order to give correct advice to traveller
What is travel medicine?
It is a science and an art
What is travel medicine?
It is that part of health professional practice that:
seeks to prevent illnesses and injuries occurring to travellers going abroad
manages problems arising in ing back ing from abroad
is concerned about the impact of tourism on health and also advocates for improved health and safety services for tourists
is increasing concerned about refugee and migrant health (Primer of Travel Medicine 3rd Ed)
“the art of travel medicine is selecting the necessary prevention strategy without unnecessary adverse events, cost or inconvenience”
(Steffen, 1994)
Challenge of travel medicine
Sea of global migration of people
More people travelling
People travelling further a field
Rapid movement of travellers
USA / Canada
million
Europe
million
Japan
mio
AUS / NZ
million
Travellers from industrialised areas to developing areas 1999 (WTO)


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