Abdullah A S, McGhee S M, Hedley A J
Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Patrick Manson Building South Wing, 7 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Jan;95(1):105-10. doi: 10.1080/00034980020035979.
Between June 1998 and October 1998, a cross-sectional survey was carried out in Hong Kong on 369 Chinese residents who had travelled to mainland China or elsewhere overseas in the previous 12 months. The aim was to collect data on which intervention strategies to minimise travel-related illness among the public might be based. In interviews by telephone, information on travel-related health problems, factors related to such problems, and barriers in the acquisition of travel-health advice was gathered using a structured, pre-tested questionnaire. Most of the subjects had travelled to countries in the Asia-Pacific region, with mainland China as the most popular destination (44%), followed by Thailand (14%). Overall, 16% of the respondents had developed health (mainly alimentary and respiratory) problems during or after their travel, 8% had received pre-travel health advice but 59% reported taking some form of precaution against travel-related illness. Although only 12% had lost at least a day of work or travel because of their travel-related health problems, 40% perceived themselves at risk of future travel-related illness, and 68% said they were willing to pay for the prevention of travel-health problems. Younger travellers and those who perceived relatively few health risks in future travel were relatively more likely to have developed health problems. There appears to be a clear need to develop appropriate health-promotion strategies to reduce travel-health risks among the residents of Hong Kong and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.
1998年6月至1998年10月期间，在香港对369名中国居民进行了一项横断面调查，这些居民在过去12个月内曾前往中国大陆或其他海外地区。目的是收集数据，以便确定哪些干预策略可作为减少公众旅行相关疾病的依据。通过电话访谈，使用一份经过预先测试的结构化问卷收集了与旅行相关的健康问题、与此类问题相关的因素以及获取旅行健康建议的障碍等信息。大多数受试者前往了亚太地区的国家，其中中国大陆是最受欢迎的目的地（44%），其次是泰国（14%）。总体而言，16%的受访者在旅行期间或旅行后出现了健康问题（主要是消化道和呼吸道问题），8%的人在旅行前接受了健康建议，但59%的人报告采取了某种形式的预防旅行相关疾病的措施。尽管只有12%的人因旅行相关健康问题至少损失了一天的工作或旅行时间，但40%的人认为自己未来有患旅行相关疾病的风险，68%的人表示愿意为预防旅行健康问题付费。年轻旅行者以及那些认为未来旅行中健康风险相对较少的人出现健康问题的可能性相对较高。显然有必要制定适当的健康促进策略，以降低香港及亚太地区其他地区居民的旅行健康风险。
