Individual traveller health priorities and the pre-travel health consultation

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the principal travel health priorities of travellers. The most frequently selectedtravel health concerns were accessing medical care abroad, dying abroad, insect bites, malaria, personal safety and travel security threats. The travel health risks of least concern were culture shock, fear of flying, jet lag and sexually transmitted infections. This study is the first to develop a hierarchy of self-declared travel health risk priorities among travellers.