Introduction: Travel HEALTH practice and research in Egypt lag behind both needs and demands. This study was done in two parts to assess travel HEALTH knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among Egyptian travelers.Methods: This survey was conducted at the departure halls of Cairo International Airport and included 1500 travelers to Africa (excluding North Africa), Southeast Asia, and Latin America. An interview questionnaire was used to measure the KAP of travelers inquiring about different aspects of pre-travel HEALTH. Subjective evaluations of travel HEALTH services and suggestions for improvement were also solicited.Results: Travelers in this study were mainly males (89.3%), less than 40 years of age (82%), living in urban residences (89.1%), married (65.9%), university educated (83.3%), traveling for work (69.1%) with destinations of Africa (61.3%), Asia (28.4%), and Latin America (10.3%). They had poor travel-associated risk perception, and only 13.4% had risk management plan. Less than half (42.4%) sought information about their destination, and 11.9% sought HEALTH information; their source of information was mainly the internet (98.7%). The majority had poor scores on various travel-related practices, including seeking pre-travel HEALTH services (87.9%), receiving pre-travel vaccines (91.3%), and using malaria chemoprophylaxis (90.6%). The travel HEALTH services were rated good by 0.5% of travelers and bad, very bad, or undetermined by 11.4%, 61.3%, and 26.9% respectively.Conclusion: Egyptian travelers, although mostly educated, had poor travel HEALTH perceptions and practices and are unsatisfied with the travel HEALTH services in Egypt.

ntroduction Community HEALTH volunteers link people and HEALTH workers and they voluntarily contribute to community HEALTH. Given the importance of the engagement of volunteers in promoting HEALTH programs and improving the quality of care provided, this study aimed to explore the experience and perceptions of community HEALTH volunteers of comprehensive HEALTH service centers in the western regions of Ahvaz to identify the most critical factors motivating their participation in HEALTH programs. Methods This qualitative study was conducted in 2017 on community HEALTH volunteers in comprehensive HEALTH service centers in western Ahvaz. The data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted face-to-face with 35 community HEALTH volunteers. The conventional qualitative content analysis approach was used to analyze the collected data. Results Data analysis revealed 302 primary codes, 27 subthemes, and ten main themes. The ten main themes extracted in this study, including the physical context, organizational context, social context, climatic context, cultural context, increasing HEALTH knowledge, material factors, psychological factors, social factors, and spiritual factors, constituted the factors affecting the community HEALTH volunteers’ motivation to participate in HEALTH programs. Conclusion Community HEALTH volunteers’ motivation to participate in HEALTH programs is influenced by factors such as physical context, organizational context, social context, climatic context, cultural context, increasing HEALTH knowledge, material factors, psychological factors, social factors, and spiritual factors. Thus, failure to pay attention to these factors will reduce the community HEALTH volunteers’ incentives to promote HEALTH programs, decrease volunteers’ cooperation with centers, reduce the quality of care provided, and ultimately waste the funds spent on volunteers’ training and preparation.