Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study Authors Sara Saeed Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Central Health Establishment, Ministry of National Health Services regulations and co-ordination, Karachi, Pakistan Qandeel Tahir Al-Shifa School of Public Health, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Ayesha Babar Kawish Al-Shifa School of Public Health, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.7153 Keywords: Travel medicine, Health advisory, Traveller’s health, Risk perception Abstract With the increase in air travel, the risk of diseases travelling from one geographical area to another has also increased. Relatively little is known about how travellers know and perceive the health risks associated with travel and how they adopt preventive measures before and while travelling abroad. The objective of this study is to determine the risk perception about communicable and vector-borne diseases among international travellers arriving from different countries and to find any association between the level of risk perception and independent variables. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 426 participants enrolled through convenient sampling technique. An already validated questionnaire was used to collect information. Chi square test was applied to ascertain any significant association between dependent and independent variables. Out of 426 respondents, only 226 (53%) had a high risk perception, whereas 220 (47%) had a low risk perception. ---Continue Author Biography Ayesha Babar Kawish, Al-Shifa School of Public Health, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Head of Department Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-02-11 How to Cite Saeed, S., Tahir, Q., & Babar Kawish, A. (2024). Risk perception about communicable and vector borne diseases among international travellers to Pakistan: a cross sectional study. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(3), 549–554. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.7153 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 3 (2024): MARCH Section SHORT COMMUNICATION License Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.