Travel Health Alert Notices and Haiti cholera outbreak, Florida, USA, 2011

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;17(11):2169-71. doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110721.

Abstract

To enhance the timeliness of medical evaluation for cholera-like illness during the 2011 cholera outbreak in Hispaniola, printed Travel Health Alert Notices (T-HANs) were distributed to travelers from Haiti to the United States. Evaluation of the T-HANs’ influence on travelers’ health care–seeking behavior suggested T-HANs might positively influence health care–seeking behavior.

MeSH terms

  • Audiovisual Aids*
  • Cholera / epidemiology*
  • Cholera / prevention & control*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Haiti / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Public Health / education
  • Travel*