Cuzco: Window on Peru

Relationships between female tourists and male locals in Cuzco/Peru: implications for travel health education.

BACKGROUND Health concerns regarding casual sexual encounters during travel have been recognized for some time. The perception that female travellers' motivations are more romantic rather than sexual when entering a relationship with local men may exclude them from receiving appropriate travel health advice. This may pose even greater health risks, not only to themselves but also to their local...

[Sexual behaviour and human immunodeficiency virus testing in university students from Cuzco (Peru)].

OBJECTIVE To analyse sexual behaviour, HIV testing, HIV testing intentions and reasons for not testing for HIV in university students from Cuzco (Peru). METHODS The sample comprised 1,377 university students from several institutions from Cuzco (Peru). The size of the sample was set according to a maximum 3% error estimation and a 97% confidence interval. Ages ranged from 16 to 30 years old. ...

Risk factors associated with diarrhea among international visitors to Cuzco, Peru.

The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors for travelers' diarrhea (TD) reported by visitors to Cuzco, Peru. In this cross-sectional study, self-administered questionnaires looking at perceived occurrence of health problems and pre-travel health advice were obtained from departing travelers at Cuzco's International Airport between August and November 2002. A total of 5,988 tr...

Creating Our Own: Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru (review)

Pre-travel advice concerning vector-borne diseases received by travelers prior to visiting Cuzco, Peru.

Peru is an increasingly popular tourist destination that poses a risk to travelers due to endemic vector-borne diseases (VBDs). The objective of our study was to determine which factors are associated with receiving pre-travel advice (PTA) for VBDs among travelers visiting Cuzco, Peru. A cross-sectional secondary analysis based on data from a survey among travelers departing Cuzco at Alejandro ...