TRAVEL HEALTH RESOURCE MATERIALS:
Getting Answers, Orienting Staff, Keeping Current
12th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
We are happy to share the resources which were presented in this workshop. The resources are listed once in
order within the subject headings of the presentation: Getting Answers, Keeping Current & Staff Orientation. You
will find a listing of courses and conferences on the 3rd page.
Wishing you continued learning.
Gail Rosselot garosselot@aol.com
Michèle Sabourin michele.sabourin@phac-aspc.gc.ca
INTRODUCTION
American Academy of Pediatrics. Red Book, 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Disease.
http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/
American Travel Health Nurses Association http://www.athna.org/menu-standards/standards-default.asp
Center for Disease Control (CDC). Health Information for International Travel -Yellow Book
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/home-2010.htm
CDC, 12th Edition of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Disease – Pink Book
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/default.htm
International Society of Travel Medicine
http://www.istm.org/WebForms/Members/MemberResources/Cert_Travhlth/body.aspx
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Canadian Immunization Guide
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-gci/index-eng.php
PHAC. Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT). http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/catmatccmtmv/index-eng.php
PHAC, National Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/naci-ccni/index-eng.php
Royal College of Nurses. Competencies: http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/78747/003146.pdf
Shoreland. Travel and Routine Immunization – Blue Book http://www.shoreland.com/prodserv/tri.html
UK Department of Health. Immunisation Against Infectious Disease www.dh.gov.uk/greenbook
World Health Organization (WHO). International Travel and Health http://www.who.int/ith/en/
Getting Answers
Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion http://www.immunize.cpha.ca/en/health-careproviders/tips/counselling.aspx
Canadian Malaria Network http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/quinine/
CDC, ABCD Teaching Resource www.cdc.gov/malaria/pdf/travelers/pdf
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CDC, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/ACIP-list.htm
CDC Malaria http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/
CDC, National Guidelines on Vaccine Storage and Handling Tool Kit http://www2a.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/shtoolkit/
CDC, Vaccines & Immunizations http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
Commercial Search Engine: ISOS Travelcare @ www.travelcare.com, Travax Encompass@ www.travax.com, Tropimed @
www.tropimed.com
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada - http://www.voyage.gc.ca/publications/menu-eng.asp
Families in Global Transition http://www.figt.org/
Immunization Action Coalition http://www.immunize.org/
Google Earth http://www.google.com/earth/index.html, Google Map http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl, Google
translate http://translate.google.ca/#
Health Map – Global Health, local information http://www.healthmap.org/en/
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) http://www.iamat.org/index.cfm
Kids Travel Doc http://www.kidstraveldoc.com/
Motherisk http://www.motherisk.org/women/index.jsp
PAHO ,Dengue Surveillance http://www.paho.org/english/ad/dpc/cd/dengue.htm
PDQ- Traveler’s Malaria. Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Maia Funk-Baumann
PHAC, National Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines for Immunization Providers
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/2007/nvshglp-ldemv/index-eng.php
PHAC- Travel Health Country Page http://origin.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/countries-pays/index-eng.php
Plotkins, S. Orenstein, W. Offit, P. Vaccines, Fifth edition (2008). Elsevier.
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/713723/description
Rahier JF et al. Vaccinations in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Rheumatology 2010;49:1815-1827
Santé et Service Sociaux du Québec. Protocol d’immunisation du Québec. Edition 5
http://msssa4.msss.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/publication.nsf/0/6335dde40226af59852575cc0048804d?OpenDocument
Sheila Mackell Traveler's diarrhea in the pediatric population: Etiology and impact." CID, 2005, vol 41, Supplement 8 pages
S547-S552
The pregnant traveller http://www.pregnanttraveler.com/
Travel at High Altitude http://medex.org.uk/medex_book/about_book.php
University of Texas Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Yaron M, Niermeyer S. Travel to high altitude with young children: an approach for clinicians. High Alt Med Biol. 2008
Winter;9(4):265-9. PubMed PMID: 19115909
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WHO – Health Topics – Dengue http://www.who.int/topics/dengue/en/
WHO, Vaccine Preventable Disease Monitoring System
http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/scheduleselect.cfm
Keeping Current
CDC public Health Library and information Center www.cdc.gov/phlic/sciclips
Health Protection Scotland at www.travax.nhs.uk
International Society for Infectious Disease – ProMED http://www.promedmail.org/pls/apex/f?p=2400:1000
Lancet Infectious Disease http://www.thelancet.com/
National Travel Health Network and Centre-NaTHNaC at www.nathnac.org
New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/
Journal of Travel Medicine http://www.istm.org/webforms/Members/MemberResources/publications/jtm/default.aspx
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/643125/description#description
PHAC – Travel Health Notice http://origin.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/pub-eng.php
WHO – Global Alert and Response Outbreak News http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report http://www.who.int/wer/en/
Courses & Conferences
The following courses and conferences is the result of a request for information to the ISTM listserv for Travel Health
Resources. This is not an exhaustive list and serves to inform the participants of this workshop on possible continuing
education opportunity available.
Canada
Alberta Association of Travel Health Professionals – Annual Symposium
www.aathp.com/wordpress/?page_id=15
Colloque Bleu - Santé des voyageurs internationaux
http://www.bleuexperts.com/BleuExperts/Colloque_7_et_8_avril_2011.html
Immunization Competencies Education Program http://www.advancingpractice.com/p-68-immunization-competencieseducation-program.aspx
Manitoba Annual Travel Health Conference www.wrha.mb.ca/community/travel/conference.php
McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease www.medicine.mcgill.ca/tropmed/junecourse.htm
Nova Infectious Disease Update http://novaclinical.com/conferences.htm
University of Toronto - Travel Medicine Update www.cepd.utoronto.ca
East Africa
Tropmedex - Training Course on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler`s Health
www.tropmedex.com
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Europe
British Travel Health Association Conference http://www.btha.org/courses_and_conferences.asp
Health Protection Scotland & the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Course & Diploma http://www.travelcourses.hps.scot.nhs.uk/home.aspx
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - On line course http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/cpd/travel_med.html
Short course & Diploma course http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/stm.html
Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine http://www.nectm.com/nectm/Main/Home.htm
Travel Medicine Society of Ireland (TMSI) Seminars & Certificate Examination http://tmsi.ie/seminar.html
TREC – Travel Health Course http://www.trectravelhealth.co.uk/courses.html
Swiss Tropical and Public Health – Certificate course
http://www.swisstph.ch/teaching/advanced-studies-in-internat-health/travellers-health.html
New Zealand
New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine Conference www.nztravelmedicine.co.nz
University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
http://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/qualifications/pgcerttravmed.html
Certificate, Diploma & Master`s program
South America
Latin American Society of Travel Medicine – Course www.slamvi.org
USA
California Department of Health EZ-IZ elearning immunization program http://www.eziz.org/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Yellow Fever Vaccine On line course http://www.cdc.gov/traveltraining/
CDC Learning Connection www.cdc.gov/Learning
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=17142
Annual meeting (conference)
ISID Neglected Tropical Diseases Meeting (ISID-NTD) http://ntd.isid.org/welcome.shtml
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) http://www.astmh.org/AM/
Course & Diploma Program, Annual Meeting & Tropical Medicine online quiz
The Westchester Course www.nptravelhealth.com
Travel Health 101 http://www.travelhealth101.com/CourseOverview/TH101CourseOverview.html
University of Minnesota's Department of Medicine, Global Health
http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/onlinetrainingglobalhealth/home.html
On line course
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