Interventions to Prevent and Control Food-Borne Diseases Associated with a Reduction in Traveler-s Diarrhea in Tourists to Jamaica | Zendy

David V.M. Ashley | Zendy; Christine Walters | Zendy; Cheryl A. Dockery-Brown | Zendy; André McNab | Zendy; Deanna Ashley | Zendy

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Interventions to Prevent and Control Food-Borne Diseases Associated with a Reduction in Traveler-s Diarrhea in Tourists to Jamaica

Author(s) -

David V.M. Ashley,

Christine Walters,

Cheryl A. Dockery-Brown,

André McNab,

Deanna Ashley

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2004.19205

Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , environmental health , sanitation , christian ministry , food safety , occupational safety and health , nursing , philosophy , theology , pathology

In 1996 a study found that approximately one in four tourists to Jamaica were affected with traveler's diarrhea (TD) during their stay. That year the Ministry of Health initiated a program for the prevention and control of TD. The aim of this ongoing program was to reduce attack rates of TD from 25% to 12% over a 5-year period by improving the environmental health and food safety standards of hotels.

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