TY - JOUR AU - Alsiyabi, Balqees Mohamed PY - 2022/12/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evaluation of Travel Medicine Status in Government Primary Health Care Centers in Riyadh Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-methods Study JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics (AJP) JA - AJP VL - 16 IS - 4 SE - ORIGINAL ARTICLES DO - 10.22377/ajp.v16i4.4604 UR - http://www.asiapharmaceutics.info/index.php/ajp/article/view/4604 SP - AB - <p>Introduction and Objective: Travel medicine (TM) is a rapidly developing, very dynamic, and multidisciplinary<br>field that calls for knowledge of numerous illnesses that can occur while traveling. Therefore, this study aimed<br>to evaluate the TM status in Government Primary Health Care (PHC) Centers in Riyadh city Saudi Arabia.<br>Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in August 2022 in Government<br>PHC Centers in Riyadh city Saudi Arabia using multistage stratified random sampling. A total of 25 Health<br>centers were drawn from the different regions of Riyadh, northern, south, west, east, and middle areas. The data<br>used are primary data, obtained from physicians assigned in TM clinics using quantitative as well as qualitative<br>data collection methods. Results: This study involved 30 physicians, 23 of whom are general practitioners<br>and 7 of whom work in TM clinics. Sixteen (53.3%) of the participants were males and Saudis. The mean age<br>was 41 years and the standard deviation was 11 years. About 46.7% of the participants are registrars or senior<br>registrars. TM -related information is most commonly found in review articles and journals (26%), followed by<br>websites and the internet (21%). Conclusion: There were missing communication links between TM clinics and<br>PHC providers in the evaluation of TM clinics in PHC, which needed meetings and continuous training. The TM<br>clinic also needed to develop a plan to raise public awareness about its services among doctors and the community.</p> ER -