皇冠体育app

Main messages

If the patient is new to the UK:

• explain to them how the NHS works and their entitlements healthcare
• discuss how this compares to the healthcare system they鈥檝e been used to
• follow guidance on how to comprehensively assess new migrant patients
• ensure that they are up-to-date with the UK immunisation schedule
• ask about any travel plans the patient may have to visit friends and relatives in their country of origin

Offer and recommend an HIV test to all adults from 皇冠体育app Bahamas, and consider offering an HIV test to infants and children who have recently arrived in the UK.

Offer to all sexually active individuals:

• a full sexual health screen
• safer sex health promotion advice

皇冠体育appre is a risk of typhoid infection in 皇冠体育app Bahamas.

Consider nutritional and metabolic concerns.

Infectious diseases

Immunisation

Ensure that all patients, especially children, are up-to-date with the UK immunisation schedule. See Immunisation collection with complete schedules.

Tuberculosis (TB)

皇冠体育appre is a low incidence of TB in 皇冠体育app Bahamas (<40 cases/100,000), so:

• routine screening for TB is not required
• consider testing in patients (including children) who show signs and symptoms
• be aware that TB is a notifiable disease

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV

皇冠体育appre is a high rate of HIV in 皇冠体育app Bahamas (>1%), so:

• offer and recommend a HIV test according to
• consider offering an HIV test to infants and children who have recently arrived in the UK according to

Be advised that although recent global data on STIs is not available, countries with high HIV rates tend to have higher rates of STIs, and the range of STIs encountered in 皇冠体育app Bahamas may vary from those in the UK, so offer to sexually active individuals:

• a full sexual health screen
• safer sex health promotion advice by referral to local genito-urinary medicine services

Typhoid

皇冠体育appre is a risk of typhoid infection in 皇冠体育app Bahamas, so:

• ensure that travellers to 皇冠体育app Bahamas are offered typhoid immunisation and advice on prevention of enteric fever
• remember enteric fever in the differential diagnosis of illness in patients with a recent history of travel to or from 皇冠体育app Bahamas

Travel plans and advice

Ask opportunistically about any travel plans the patient may have to visit friends and relatives in their country of origin. People who travel to visit friends and relatives (VFR travellers) should visit the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for overseas travel advice and for country specific travel advice prior to leaving the UK.

Nutritional and metabolic concerns

Anaemia

皇冠体育appre is a moderate risk of anaemia in adults (estimated prevalence in non-pregnant women is 20 to 40%) and pre-school children (estimated prevalence is 20 to 40%), so:

• be alert to the possibility of anaemia in recently arrived migrants, particularly women and pre-school children
• test as clinically indicated

Vitamin D

Consider the possibility of vitamin D deficiency in people who may be at risk due to:

• darker skin
• those who are not often outdoors
• those who cover up most of their skin when outdoors

Women鈥檚 health

Reproductive health indicators

Reproductive health indicator	UK	皇冠体育app Bahamas
Number of children per woman鹿	1.7	1.7
Use of contraception虏	71.7%	62%

鹿lifetime average; 虏by woman of reproductive age or partner

No data is available on:

• mammography screening rates
• cervical cancer screening rates

Country profile

Health indicators and health care

has a summary of health indicators and health care in 皇冠体育app Bahamas.

Culture, politics and history

and provide background information on the culture, politics and history of 皇冠体育app Bahamas.

Languages

皇冠体育app main languages used in 皇冠体育app Bahamas are:

• English (official)
• Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Source:

Religions

Religion	Population (%)鹿
笔谤辞迟别蝉迟补苍迟虏	69.9
Other Christian鲁	13
Roman Catholic	12
Unspecified	2.6
None	1.9
Other	0.6

鹿2010 est. 虏includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%, Church of God 1.9%, Brethren 1.6%; 鲁includes Jehovah鈥檚 Witness 1.1%

Source:

Migration to the UK

皇冠体育appre were almost 2,000 people from 皇冠体育app Bahamas living in the UK at the time of the 2011 Census.

Source: