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The goal of our travel medicine clinic is to help you prepare for a safe and healthy overseas experience. When you visit us, you’ll meet with a travel medicine provider to discuss your destination and itinerary and identify any immunizations and/or tests that are recommended or required for your trip. You’ll also receive educational material specific to the countries you’ll be visiting, including current health risk information and travel advisories from the U.S. State Department. We’ll provide an international certificate of vaccination as approved by the World Health Organization and any prescriptions needed to prevent illnesses such as malaria, travelers’ diarrhea, cholera, altitude sickness, and motion sickness.
In order to be properly prepared for your trip, please bring a printed, detailed copy of your itinerary and printed immunization records with you to your appointment. Bring any childhood records or international certificates of vaccination (yellow book), as well. Please visit our clinic at least six weeks before your planned departure, as some vaccine series require several weeks to complete and reach full effectiveness.
We are able to accept walk-ins for flu shots for adults and children over six months of age; as well as COVID vaccinations for individuals 12 years and older. All other types of appointments must be scheduled. We are unable to accommodate walk-ins for all other immunizations and travel appointments. We also request that you avoid bringing children to the clinic unless they have their own scheduled appointment.
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Location & Contact Info
Accepting New Patients
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Office Hours
Mon - Fri: 7 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. -
Before Your Visit
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For Current Patients
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After-hours & Weekends
If you have a medical emergency, please call 911 or go directly to the Emergency Department.
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Vaccines and Pricing
Make sure you get the immunizations you need for a safe trip. We offer an extensive list of recommended and required travel immunizations at competitive prices.Read More -
Travel Health Resources
We highly recommend that you review these trusted resources for in-depth information on healthy and safe international travel.
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Providers
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Travel MedicineBiography
Carolyn G. Barnhart, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC is a nurse practitioner at St. Luke's Clinic – Travel Medicine and Immunizations. She is also experienced in family practice.
Carolyn earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from Humboldt State University and her master's degree in nursing and nurse practitioner from Sonoma State University.
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Accepting new patients
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Travel MedicineBiography
Jerrimi E. Helmick, RN, MN, FNP-C is a family nurse practitioner certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She began her career as an RN in a family medicine clinic prior to completing her master’s degree and certification as an FNP. She worked in oncology with St. Luke’s Cancer Institute for many years before joining the Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic.
Jerrimi earned her associate's degree in nursing at Treasure Valley Community College, then both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing at Oregon Health and Science University. She was born and raised in the western Treasure Valley, and is passionate about providing care to this community. Jerrimi speaks some Spanish, particularly medical Spanish, and takes any opportunity to utilize and improve the proficiency of her second language.
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Accepting new patients
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Travel MedicineBiography
April D. Southwick, RN, NP, MPH, MSN has a Certificate in Travel Health™ through the International Society of Travel Medicine and is the manager of St. Luke's Travel and Immunization Clinic. She began her career as a registered nurse, then earned her certification as an adult and geriatric nurse practitioner.
In her free time, April enjoys music, spending time with her family, gardening, reading, and traveling when she has a chance.
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Accepting new patients
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Travel MedicineBiography
Sarah Sparks, DNP, APRN, NP-C is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and has particular interests in travel medicine, immunizations, and infectious disease. She has a Certificate in Travel Health™ from the International Society of Travel Medicine. She is also experienced in the management of acute and chronic disease.
Sarah earned both her bachelor's degree in nursing and her master's degree in nursing, family nurse practitioner, from Idaho State University. She earned her doctor of nursing practice from Frontier Nursing University, where she focused her clinical quality improvement project on the human papillomavirus vaccine. She has served as the president of Nurse Practitioners of Idaho, and is the current representative from Idaho for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Sarah brings years of experience in both primary care as well as specialty care to her patients.
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Accepting new patients
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St. Luke's Clinic - Travel Medicine and Immunizations
Call us to make an appointment.
(208) 706-7200
Office Hours
Make an appointment
St. Luke's Clinic - Travel Medicine and Immunizations
Call us to make an appointment.
(208) 706-7200
Office Hours
Make an appointment
St. Luke's Clinic - Travel Medicine and Immunizations
Call us to make an appointment.
(208) 706-7200
Office Hours
Make an appointment
St. Luke's Clinic - Travel Medicine and Immunizations
Call us to make an appointment.
(208) 706-7200
Office Hours
Additional Travel Support
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Food and Water Precautions
We'll provide advice on ways to avoid food and water borne sickness, and what to do if problems occur.
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Insect Barriers
We provide patient education material on insect prevention/precautions with a list of recommended products (what and where to buy). If you're traveling to a malaria-risk area, we prescribe anti-malarial medication.
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Personal Safety
We will also discuss how to avoid accidents and provide information specific to your travel destination regarding local transportation, health risks, travel advisories, and crime alerts.
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Verification of Vaccination
We'll provide you with an International Certificate of Vaccination, which is a required travel document for some countries.
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Additional Immunization ServicesWe also offer routine immunizations and immunizations to meet the needs of:
- Healthcare providers
- Patients needing to fulfill school/work requirements
- Patients with immunocompromising conditions
- Patients without a spleen
- Patients in need of pre- and post-rabies exposure (initial post-exposure visit in Emergency Department)
- Patients with cochlear implants
- Transplant recipients
- Pilots requiring vaccines for employment
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Screening ServicesAntibody Screening/Titers for:
- Hepatitis
- Measles
- Mumps
- Rubella
- Varicella
- Rabies screening (RFFIT)
- Mantoux TB Skin test (1 & 2 step)
- TB Quantiferon Gold (IGRA)
- Chest x-ray
Frequently Asked Questions
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Please schedule an appointment. Walk-in appointments are only available for influenza vaccines for all ages and COVID-19 vaccines for individuals 12 years and older.
Prepare for your trip by scheduling an appointment at least six weeks before your planned departure. Some vaccines series require several weeks to complete and reach full effectiveness.
Bring a printed copy of your itinerary and a printed copy of any immunization records, including childhood immunizations and vaccine certificates (yellow book).
We request that you avoid bringing children to the clinic unless they have their own scheduled appointment. When a family is traveling, we schedule parents for an initial longer visit to review all details for the family. The children will be scheduled for a shorter visit following the parent visit.
We provide state-funded vaccines for children who are traveling internationally. We provide COVID-19 to individuals 12 years and older and flu vaccines for all ages. Children needing routine vaccines are referred to their primary care provider or the health department.
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