Table 2.
Reported pre-travel-health behaviors and vaccine uptake by traveler region of residence (N = 808*)
| Pre-travel health behavior |
Region of residence |
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Australia (N = 384) |
Other Western countries (N = 199) |
Asia (N = 225) |
|
|
Visited any doctor in the past year |
265 (69.0%)a |
130 (65.3%) a |
117 (52.0%) |
|
Visited doctor for travel-health advice prior to this trip | |||
| Any health professional† |
158 (41.1%) a |
76 (38.2%) a |
52 (23.1%) |
| General practitioner |
129 (33.6%) a |
55 (27.6%) |
46 (20.4%) |
| Travel doctor/clinic |
13 (3.4%) b |
17 (8.5%) a |
5 (2.2%) |
| Other health professional |
17 (4.4%) |
7 (3.5%) |
2 (0.9%) |
|
Sought travel health advice from non-medicalsource | |||
| Any non-medical source† |
122 (31.8%)b |
93 (46.7%) a |
62 (27.6%) |
| Travel agent |
45 (11.7%) b |
36 (18.1%) |
30 (13.3%) |
| Researched on the internet |
46 (12.0%) a b |
43 (21.6%) a |
12 (5.3%) |
| Government travel advisory |
28 (7.3%) b |
26 (13.1%) |
17 (7.6%) |
| Other source |
17 (4.4%) |
11 (5.5%) |
7 (3.1%) |
|
Source of travel health advice | |||
| None |
181 (47.1%) a |
90 (45.2%) a |
140 (62.2%) |
| Health professional only |
82 (21.4%) |
16 (8.0%) |
23 (10.2%) |
| Health professional/other source |
76 (19.8%) |
61 (30.7%) |
28 (12.4%) |
| Other source only |
45 (11.7%) |
32 (16.1%) |
34 (15.1%) |
|
Vaccinated |
|
|
|
| Any pre-travel vaccine† |
46 (12.0%) a b |
43 (21.6%) a |
11 (4.9%) |
| Two or more vaccines |
26 (6.8%) a b |
30 (15.1%) a |
5 (2.2%) |
| Hepatitis A |
24 (6.3%) |
30 (15.1%) |
4 (1.8%) |
| Hepatitis B |
19 (4.9%) |
23 (11.6%) |
4 (1.8%) |
| Tetanus |
11 (2.9%) |
16 (8.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
| Typhoid |
17 (4.4%) |
10 (5.0%) |
2 (0.9%) |
| Influenza |
16 (4.2%) |
2 (1.0%) |
6 (2.7%) |
| Measles/mumps/rubella |
6 (1.6%) |
2 (1.0%) |
2 (0.9%) |
| Polio |
7 (1.8%) |
4 (2.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
| Cholera | 5 (1.3%) | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.4%) |
* Excludes travelers from other regions (n = 35).
† Multiple responses allowed.
a % reporting outcome is significantly different to proportion reported by Asian travelers (p < 0.05).
b % reporting outcome is significantly different to proportion reported by other Western travelers (p < 0.05).