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  • Title: Identifying future VFR travelers among immigrant families in the Bronx, New York.
    Author: Hagmann S, Reddy N, Neugebauer R, Purswani M, Leder K.
    Journal: J Travel Med; 2010; 17(3):193-6. PubMed ID: 20536889.
    Abstract:
    Travelers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) have low rates of pre-travel health encounters. In 2006 in the Bronx, New York, a convenience sample of 129 families originating in malaria-endemic countries and presenting for a routine pediatric outpatient evaluation completed a standardized questionnaire regarding future travel plans to their country of origin. Pro-active screening for intended travel activities can identify future VFR travelers and ascertain potentially high-risk itineraries, thereby enabling education regarding the importance of accessing competent pre-travel medicine services.
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