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Martins SL, Boraas CM. Contraceptive counselling: an essential travel medicine service. J Travel Med 2020; 27:5762312. [PMID: 32104880 DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Non-physician healthcare practitioners are increasingly providing pre-travel care, including completing risk assessments and prescribing medications and vaccines. While this increases pre-travel care access, the quality of this care must be ensured. Doing so requires translation of existing prescribing competencies and best practices in competence development into policies regulating pre-travel care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Summer L Martins
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Riverside Professional Building 606 24th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Riverside Professional Building 606 24th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
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