Health Resources

• U-M Travel Health Preparation Guide: This tool helps students identify and plan for health care needs during international travel. Travelers are encouraged to answer the questions in the guide and consult with a health care provider, UHS, and/or CAPS where appropriate.
• Managing Mental Health Abroad: Learn about common study abroad stressors, travel myths, and U-M resources to help you manage your mental health while abroad.
• Resilient Travel – Managing Stress and Enhancing your Experience Abroad: A module-based online resource that helps travelers think proactively about personal challenges and build skills to successfully cope with difficult situations. The Resilient Traveling toolkit includes common problems, videos of authentic student stories, practice exercises, and a confidential self-assessment that provides recommendations for support resources and coping strategies.

• UHC Travel Health Service: All travelers are encouraged to make appointments with their primary care physicians or UHS for a physical before departure. UHS can also provide immunizations, prescriptions, and advice tailored to specific destinations and health conditions.
• UMHS Overseas Travel Clinic: The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) Overseas Travel Clinic is available by appointment to Michigan Medicine employees who are traveling for Michigan Medicine business related purposes only (not for leisure travel).  The specialized team at the Overseas Travel Clinic offers services to prepare you for your trip, resources to guide you while you travel, and follow up care should you develop symptoms upon your return.

• Counseling and Psychological Services: Before departure, U-M students are encouraged to visit their counselor or their campus’ Counseling and Psychological Services (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint) to discuss strategies to manage mental health needs abroad and after returning home.
• Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office: Faculty and staff may receive counseling services from FASCCO

• CDC Travel Health Notices: Learn about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, or natural disasters in destinations around the world.
• CDC Travelers’ Health: Travelers are encouraged to visit the CDC Travelers’ Health website to research public health issues, vaccination requirements/recommendations, and health-related entry/exit requirements for your destination/s.
• CDC Advice for Students: Prepare for a safe and healthy study abroad experience by following the CDC’s travel health tips for students.

Crisis24 Horizon is a one-stop shop for location-based travel risk management, including health-related resources.

• Review advice sheets for various health and safety-related situations. U-M user can search the catalog of topics, which include but are not limited to:
  • Advice on Jet Lag
  • Air Travel Health Precautions
  • Insect Bite Precautions
  • Sun and Heat Concerns
  • Traveling with Allergies
  • Water Treatment Methods
  • and more
• Check out the “Health and Medical” section of location briefs for over 200+ countries, 800+ provinces, and 400+ cities.

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