How to gain experience in travel health / travel medicine for UK nurses

Essential Reference Texts

Immunisation Against Infectious Diseases (2006). Department of Health (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation); HMSO.

International Travel and Health (2008). World Health Organization (WHO); HMSO.  www.who.int/ith/en

Health Information for International Travel (2008). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Elsevier Mosby. http://www.cdc.gov/travel/yb/  

Health Information for Overseas Travel (2001). Department of Health; The Stationery Office ISBN: 0113218338. www.NaTHNaC.org/yellow_book/01.htm

Chiodini P, Hill D, Lalloo D, Lea G, Walker E, Whitty C, Bannister B. Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom. London, Health Protection Agency, January 2007. http://www.hpa.org.uk/publications/2006/Malaria/

guidelines.htm

Malaria prophylaxis for long-term travellers. Commun Dis Public Health 2003; 6 (3): 200-208. www.hpa.org.uk/cdph/issues/CDPHvol6/No3/6(3)p200-208.pdf

RCN Competencies: an integrated career and competency framework for nurses in travel health medicine

http://www.rcn.org.uk/publications/pdf

/travel_health_medicine.pdf

British National Formulary www.bnf.org/bnf/

Resuscitation Council (UK) Emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions

http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/reaction.pdf

World Atlas

Useful Websites

www.hpa.org.uk - official advice on communicable disease and other health hazards in the UK, including communicable disease record (CDR) weekly update.

www.dh.gov.uk  - official health advice including that for travel and updated chapters of the “Green Book”.

www.travax.nhs.uk - a Health Protection Scotland database of travel health information including country listings for professionals who subscribe.

www.who.int/en - a large international database covering all aspects of travel health including the weekly epidemiological record (WER) and outbreak news.

www.cdc.gov/travel - official travel health advice from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.fco.gov.uk - official advice regarding security issues for travellers.

www.epinorth.org - a co-operation project for communicable disease control in northern Europe

Advice Lines for Health Professionals

National Travel Health Network and Centre - 0845 602 6712

Malaria Reference Laboratory (malaria queries only) - 020 7636 3924

TRAVAX (available to subscribers only) - 0141 300 1130

Travel Health Associations

British Travel Health Association (BTHA) - www.btha.org

International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) - www.istm.org

RCN Travel Health Forum - www.rcn.org.uk