Abstract
Travel medicine is a medical specialty focusing on the prevention and treatment of health issues before, during and after international travel. Services typically include pre-travel advice, vaccinations, prescription medications and post-travel care. Provision of many travel services falls outside NHS funding and is increasingly provided privately by pharmacies and travel clinics. General practice is a first point of contact for some travellers offering an opportunity for GPs to provide advice or to signpost if appropriate to dedicated travel health services. This article will cover travel medicine and use of brief interventions to motivate engagement of patients in behaviour change opportunistically when seeking travel advice.
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