| Title |
Travel risk behaviours and uptake of pre-travel health preventions by university students in Australia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-43 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anita E Heywood, Meng Zhang, C Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale |
| Abstract |
Forward planning and preventative measures before travelling can significantly reduce the risk of many vaccine preventable travel-related infectious diseases. Higher education students may be at an increased risk of importing infectious disease as many undertake multiple visits to regions with higher infectious disease endemicity. Little is known about the health behaviours of domestic or international university students, particularly students from low resource countries who travel to high-resource countries for education. This study aimed to assess travel-associated health risks and preventative behaviours in a sample of both domestic and international university students in Australia. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 111 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 23 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 12% |
| Researcher | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 15% |
| Unknown | 25 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 15% |
| Unknown | 28 | 25% |
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