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These resources are listed in alphabetical order:

 A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   M   P     T   W


A

Air Travel

Airports


Alcohol and Drugs

  • A Discussion About Alcohol and Student Exchange - A Discussion with SAFETI Project Director and SAFETI Newsletter Editor Gary Rhodes and Joel Epstein, Director of Special Projects, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. 
Arrest ATMs

C

CDC

Communication

Consulates and Embassies

Crime

Crisis

  • SAFETI Adaptation of Peace Corps Resources - The following resources were adapted from Peace Corps documents about responding to crises, developing an emergency action plan, personal safety and awareness, and risk management. 
  • U.S. State Department 
    • Crisis Abroad - What the State Department Does: Answers the question: What can the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs do for Americans caught in a disaster or a crisis abroad? 
    • Crisis Preparedness - The following information may be helpful to you in preparing for a crisis abroad. While some of the material was designed by other U.S. Government agencies for a crisis occurring in the United States, the guidance about preparedness may be useful to Americans making plans for similar emergencies abroad. 
Culture Shock

Currency

Customs

  • U.S. Customs - Information all travelers should know before they enter or leave the U.S. 

Cybercafes

  • Cybercafe Search Engine - If you need access to the internet, this site can help you find out where the nearest cybercafe is to your study abroad location. 

D

Disabilities


Discrimination
Disease
Drugs

E

Embassies and Consulates

  • see "Consulates and Embassies" 

Emergency
  • See "Crisis" 

Emergency Action Plan (E.A.P.)
  • Developing an Emergency Action Plan - This SAFETI Adaptation of Peace Corps Resources tells how to manage a crisis abroad and how to devise your own plan of action in the event of an emergency. 

Entry Requirements
Environmental Health
  • CDC Environmental Health - This site gives advice on how to deal with environmental hazards ranging from hurricanes to air pollution. 


Evaluation

  • see "Program Evaluation" 

F

FAA


Financial Issues
  • Financial Issues - From the University of the Pacific’s Cross Cultural Training Student Guide, this site gives advice about budgeting, currency exchange, credit cards, and transferring money. 

G

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Travelers

  • Lesbigay (SIG) - NAFSA's Association of International Educators, Lesbigay Special Interest Group's site dedicated to lesbians, bisexuals, and gay students traveling abroad. 

Guidebooks
  • see "Travel Guidebooks" 


Guidelines

H

Harassment

  • see "Sexual Harassment and Assault" 

Health
Help


Homosexual Travelers

  • see "Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Travelers" 

I

Immunizations


Insurance

M

Making Your Experience Count

Medical

Minority Students

P

Parents

Passports

Prescriptions

S

Safety


Sexual Harassment and Assault


STDs

  • STDs - Official government website of the Center for Disease Control, contains links to information on AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. 


T

Travel Guides

  • Frommers Budget Travel Online - Publishes a variety of travel books and magazines. 
  • Kasbah.com - this site claims to be the world’s largest travel guide and shows the not-to-be-missed highlights of major cities around the world. 
  • Let's Go - Site of the publisher of another one of the most popular student guidebooks on the market today, with links on where to buy. 
  • Lonely Planet's Guidebooks - Site of the publisher of one of the most popular student guidebooks on the market today, with links on where to buy. 
  • Rough Guides guidebooks - A travel site covering topics from world music to e-books. 

Travel Providers

W

Women Travelers

 


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