Travel Health Nursing

Travelers are an epidemiologically important population because of their mobility, the potential for exposure to diseases and other adverse health outcomes outside their country, and the possibility that they will either import nonendemic diseases into their country of origin or export nonendemic diseases to the country they visit. With the decreasing global boundaries and increasing activities, travel medicine has become a rapidly evolving field of medicine. Travel health focuses on individuals traveling to developing countries with prevention and treatment of certain diseases and general vaccinations as its primary goal. This article discusses various aspects of travel health nursing.