Author/Editor		Kraigher, Alenka; Hočevar-Grom, Ada
Title		Svetovanje, cepljenje in zaščita pred potovanjem
Translated title		Counselling, vaccination and protection when going abroad
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 37, št. 11-12
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 447-50
Language		slo
Abstract		Transport means make travelling abroad swift and simple. Risk to which a traveller is exposed differs regarding toplaces of destination, duration of travelling or stay, and dwelling and nutritional conditions. Among numerous risks to which a traveller is exposed, infectious diseases present a big and often also long-term impact on health. Some of them can be communicated also to other people and can be imported into the country after return. Environmental factors, inadequate water supply, bad hygienic conditions, changed food and also hot or cold climate, high above sea-level height, high humidity and inadequate traffic safety present a considerable risk for any traveller. International trafic travellers must undergo special obligations after return, suchas vaccination, protection with drugs and medical control. Specialized out-patient departments for counselling, vaccination and chemoprophylaxis are organized at the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia and at regional Institutes of Public Health. There a traveller can get adequate information concerning the risk connected with travel and area of destination. Food-borne and water-borne infections transmitted by direct or indirect contact and by insects or bigger animals can be avoided by knowledge and information. Vaccination and drugs present protection against some other diseases. Travel medicine is not a new branch of medicine, but it is for the time being still not well defined and is on generally not well known in medical circles. Its basic aims are promotion of health and prevention of disease. Travel medicine is not dealing only with risks, to which a traveller is exposed, but is interested also in the influences and harmful effects which are brought by travellers to local population and their environment.(Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Summary		Prevozna sredstva omogočajo, da se lahko ljudje odpravijo kamorkoli hitro in enostavno. Tveganje, ki mu je potnik izpostavljen, je različno glede na območja, na katera potuje, glede na trajanje potovanja ali bivanja in glede na bivalne in prehranjevalne razmere. Med številnimi tveganji, ki jim je potnik izpostavljen, predstavljajo nalezljive bolezni velik inpogosto tudi dolgotrajen vpliv na zdravje. Nekatere med njimi se prenašajo tudi na druge ljudi in se lahko vnesejo v državo po vrnitvi. Dejavniki okolja, slaba preskrba z vodo, slabe higienske razmere in spremenjena hrana, pa tudi vroča ali mrzla klima, velika nadmorska višIna, velika vlaga, slaba varnost v prometu, predstavljajo veliko tveganje za katerega koli potnika. Za potnike v mednarodne, prometu veljajo posebne obveznosti, kot so cepljenje, zavarovanje z zdravili in zdravstveno nadzorstvo po vrnitvi. Pri Inštitutu za varovanje zdravja in na območnih zavodih za zdravstveno varstvo so organizirane specializirane ambulante za svetovanje, cepljenje in kemoprofilakso potnikov. Potnik tako dobi ustrezno informacijo o tveganjih v zvezi s potovanjem in območjem, na katerega odhaja. Okužbam s hrano in vodo ter boleznim, ki se prenašajo z neposrednim in posrednim stikom ter z insekti ali večjimi živalmi, se lahko izognejo z znanjem in prosvetljenostjo. Proti nekaterim boleznim pa se zavarujejo s cepljenjem in zdravili. Potovalna medicina ni nova veja medicine, vendar je zaenkrat še slabo opredeljena in na splošno slabo poznana v medicinskih krogih. Njeni temeljni cilji so krepitev zdravja in preprečevanje bolezni. Potovalna medicina se ne ukrvarja le s tveganji, ki jim je izpostavljen potnik, temveč jo zanima tudi vpliv in nevarnosti, ki jih potniki prinašajo lokalnemu prebivalstvu in njihovemu okolju. (Izvleček prekinjen pri 2000 znakih).
Descriptors		COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL VACCINATION HEALTH EDUCATION TRAVEL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE