Factors affecting the use of anti-malaria preventive measures among Taiwan immigrants returning to malaria-endemic regions
| Autor: | Kou Huang Chen, Susan C. Hu, Wen Shin Hung, Kow-Tong Chen, Mei-Ching Yu, Yu Chen Hsu, Kwo Liang Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice INSECT BITES medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Taiwan Emigrants and Immigrants Antimalarials Young Adult medicine Humans Health belief model Travel medicine Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Response rate (survey) Travel business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Mean age Middle Aged medicine.disease Country of origin Malaria Infectious Diseases Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 12:370-377 |
| ISSN: | 1477-8939 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of anti-malaria preventive measures (AMPMs) among Taiwan immigrants returning to their country of origin using the Health Belief Model (HBM). Between March and May 2011, all permanent immigrants originating from malaria-endemic countries, attended by either the Taipei or Tainan Immigrant Service Center, Taiwan, and who reported a history of returning to their country of origin within the preceding year during the malarious season in their country of origin were enrolled in the study. Complete information was collected from 316 immigrants, with a response rate of 87% (316/364). The mean age of the subjects was 38.1 years (SD = 9.9). The majority (70%) of participants did not receive travel information through a pre-travel consultation; more than 40% reported that they did not use measures to prevent insect bites. Multiple regression analyses revealed that Chinese proficiency, travel consultation before travel, lower perceived susceptibility to malaria, higher perceived severity of malaria infection, higher perceived benefit for taking measures, and higher self-efficacy for taking measures significantly predicted the use of AMPMs during the return to their country of origin (R(2) = 0.20; F = 50.42; P0.001). A high proportion of immigrants were not using appropriate AMPMs when they returned to their country. Educational approaches should be targeted toward immigrants who return to visit their country of origin. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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