Unintended health and societal consequences of international travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

International travel measures to contain the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represent a relatively intrusive form of non-pharmaceutical intervention. To inform decision-making on the (re)implementation, adaptation, relaxation or suspension of such measures, it is essential to not only assess their effectiveness but also their unintended effects.

Methods

This scoping review maps existing empirical studies on the unintended consequences, both predicted and unforeseen, and beneficial or harmful, of international travel measures. We searched multiple health, non-health and COVID-19-specific databases. The evidence was charted in a map in relation to the study design, intervention and outcome categories identified and discussed narratively.

SUBMITTER: Klinger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436381 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature