Yoo Youk-Jin, Bae Go-Oon, Choi Ji-Ho, Shin Ho-Chol, Ga Hyuk, Shin Sae-Ron, Kim Mi-Sook, Joo Kyu-Jin, Park Chang-Hae, Yoon Hyun-Jung, Baek Heui-Jin
Department of Family Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
J Travel Med. 2007 Nov-Dec;14(6):381-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00157.x.
Although many Koreans travel each year to countries where malaria is present, few data are available on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Koreans with regards to malaria.
The study was conducted in the departure lounge of Incheon International Airport in May 2006. A 22-item questionnaire was administered to Korean travelers whose travel destination was India.
Of 188 respondents, 24% had sought pretravel health information. Independent predictors for seeking pretravel health information were the following: being a Korean woman, longer duration of travel, planning to travel independently or to a rural area, and perceived risk of malaria. A total of 47% of travelers answered that they had not perceived any risk of malaria, and only 7% of travelers carried malaria prophylaxis.
There is an urgent need for increased awareness about travel-related infectious diseases (especially malaria) among Korean travelers, and they should be encouraged to seek pretravel health information.
尽管每年有许多韩国人前往疟疾流行国家，但关于韩国人对疟疾的知识、态度和行为的数据却很少。
2006年5月在仁川国际机场候机大厅进行了这项研究。对前往印度的韩国旅客发放了一份包含22个条目的问卷。
在188名受访者中，24%的人曾寻求旅行前的健康信息。寻求旅行前健康信息的独立预测因素如下：韩国女性、旅行时间较长、计划独自旅行或前往农村地区以及感知到的疟疾风险。共有47%的旅客回答他们没有意识到任何疟疾风险，只有7%的旅客携带了疟疾预防药物。
迫切需要提高韩国旅客对与旅行相关的传染病（尤其是疟疾）的认识，应鼓励他们寻求旅行前的健康信息。
