Tourism and health : risks, research, and responses

Part 1 Overviews of travel and health: health and travel - historical perspectives, emerging problems, Jonathan Cossar the epidemiology of travel-related health problems, Robert Steffen important issues influencing the health of travellers, Ron Behrens current research on health and tourism issues and future directions.

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Part 1 Overviews of travel and health: health and travel - historical perspectives, emerging problems, Jonathan Cossar the epidemiology of travel-related health problems, Robert Steffen important issues influencing the health of travellers, Ron Behrens current research on health and tourism issues and future directions, Douglas Frechtling. Part 2 Tourism and health risks - realities and representations: injuries and accidents among international tourists in Australasia - scale, causes and solutions, Stephen Page and Denny Meyer the Indian plague scare of 1994 - a case study, Peter Grabowski and Santanu Chatterjee British tourists in the Gambia - health precautions and malaria prophylaxis, Stephen Clift and Peter Grabowski. Part 3 Sexual behaviour and sun-seeking among tourists: New Zealand student tourists - risk behaviour and health, Chris Ryan and Emma Robertson who wants to be a peely wally? Glaswegian tourists' attitudes to sun tans and sun exposure, Simon Carter licensed for thrills - risk taking and tourism, Eugenia Wickens sexual behaviour and travel - quantitative and qualitative perspectives on the behaviour of genito-urinary medicine clinic attenders, Paula Black. Part 4 Travel and HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives: prostitution, intavenous drug use and travel - European HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives, Georg Broring the Europe against AIDS summer campaign 1995 - an evaluation of work in the United Kingdom, Lynette Thomas et al an HIV/AIDS prevention programme for Swiss travellers, Martin Buechi and Martin Werner.