Factors determining use of pre-travel preventive health services by West African immigrants in the Netherlands

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 990-998

  Schilthuis, Herbert J ^a,b   Goossens, Ingrid ^a,c   Ligthelm, Robert J ^d   De Vlas, Sake J ^b   Varkevisser, Corlien ^c,e   Richardus, Jan H ^b,f  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Malaria; Pre travel counselling; Prophylaxis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEFLOQUINE; PARACETAMOL; QUININE;

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547849515     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01856.x     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Bradley D, Warhurst D, Blaze M Smith V (1994) Malaria imported into the United Kingdom in 1992 and 1993. Communicable Disease Report. CDR Review 4, 0R169 0R172
2. Castelli F, Matteelli A, Caligaris S et al. (1999) Malaria in migrants. Parassitologia 41, 261 265.
3. CBS (2003) Allochtonen per 1 Januari naar Geslacht en Herkomstgroepering. Central Bureau of Statistics Statline. Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Voorburg/Heerlen. http://statline.cbs.nl/ (accessed 8 August 2003).
4. CBS (2004) Aantal Verzekerden Tegen Ziektekosten. Central Bureau of Statistics Statline. Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Voorburg/Heerlen, The Netherlands. http://statline.cbs.nl/ (accessed 12 May 2004).
5. Choenni C (2002) Ghanezen in Nederland. CBS Maandstatistiek van de bevolking 50, 4 7.
6. Cobelens FG Leentvaar-Kuijpers A (1997) Compliance with malaria chemoprophylaxis and preventative measures against mosquito bites among Dutch travellers. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2, 705 713.
7. Corduwener J (2002) Nigerianen, ons leven tikt weg. Bijeen 35, 48 51.
8. Driessen SO Wetsteyn JC (1994) Importmalaria: epidemiologische, klinische en therapeutische gegevens van 74 patiënten gedurende 1 jaar in het Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 138, 712 716.
9. Eerden VDLJM, Bosman A Visser LG (2002) Malaria uit West Afrika neemt toe, Overzicht meldingen 1994-2001. Information Buletin 13, 398 405.
10. Goossens I (2003) 'I think it's fever, but the doctor says it's malaria', thesis. Institute of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 68 88.
11. Gras MJ, van Benthem BH, Coutinho RA den Hoek A (2001) Determinants of high-risk sexual behavior among immigrant groups in Amsterdam: implications for interventions. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 28, 166 172.
12. Haar tG (2000) Afrikanen in Nederland: een inleiding. In : Afrikanen in Nederland, 1 edn (eds IV Kessel N Tellegen) KIT, Afrika Studies Centrum, Amsterdam, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 11 42.
13. Hest VNA, Smit F Verhave JP (2002) Underreporting of malaria incidence in the Netherlands: results from a capture-recapture study. Epidemiology Infection 129, 371 377.
14. Jelinek T, Bluml A, Loscher T Nothdurft HD (1998) Assessing the incidence of infection with Plasmodium falciparum among international travellers. American Journal of Tropical Medicine Hygiene 59, 35 37.
15. Kessel R, van Meerburg P Schilthuis HJ (1997) Kwaliteitscriteria Reizigersadvisering (Quality criteria for Travel health counselling). National co-ordination centre for travel health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
16. Kleinschmidt I, Omumbo J, Briet O et al. (2001) An empirical malaria distribution map for West Africa. Tropical Medicine International Health 6, 779 786.
17. Makdoembaks AM Kager PA (2000) Toename van malaria bij migranten in Amsterdam-Zuidoost (Increase of malaria among migrants in Amsterdam-Zuidoost). Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 144, 83 85.
18. Nimako K (2000) De Ghanese gemeenschap: van migrant tot ethnische minderheid? In : Afrikanen in Nederland, 1 Edn (eds IV Kessel N Tellegen) KIT, Afrika Studies Centrum, Amsterdam, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 117 132.
19. Riemsdijk VMM, Sturkenboom MC, Schilthuis HJ Stricker BH (2003) Utilisation of malaria prophylaxis: the effect of changes in guidelines in the Netherlands 1993-1998. Pharmacy World and Science 25, 21 24.
20. RIVM (2003) Totaal Aantal Meldingen van Malaria per jaar. RijksInstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu: Centrum voor Infectieziekten Epidemiologie. http://www.rivm.nl/isis/ (accessed 8 August 2003).
21. Scolari C, Tedoldi S, Casalini C et al. (2002) Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on malaria preventive measures of migrants attending a public health clinic in northern Italy. Journal of Travel Medicine 9, 160 162.
22. Steffen R, Heusser R, Machler R et al. (1990) Malaria chemoprophylaxis among European tourists in tropical Africa: use, adverse reactions, and efficacy. Bulletin World Health Organization 68, 313 322.
23. Udezue EO (1985) Persistence of malarial antibody in Nigerian children born in the UK and its clinical relevance. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79, 427 429.
24. Udezue EO (1989) Malarial antibody in Nigerian children born abroad after their return home. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83, 63 65.
25. Wetsteyn JC, Driessen SO, de Vries PJ, Cobelens FG Kager PA (2000) Tropische ziekten en importaandoeningen bij 1763 patiënten op de polikliniek voor tropische ziekten van het academisch medisch centrum, Amsterdam (1996-1997). Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 144, 2152 2156.
26. WHO (2004) International Travel and Health. http://www.who.int/ith (accessed 10 September 2004).