2012 Health & Safety Subcommittee

• Provide knowledgeable experts to be "on call" for NAFSA referrals on questions of health and safety
• Coordinate knowledge community efforts when incidents (political strife, outbreaks of disease, natural disasters, etc.) occur that could jeopardize the health or safety of students engaged in education abroad
• Develop appropriate workshops and publications to help Education Abroad professionals understand and implement the Interassociational Advisory Committee on Safety and Responsibility in Study Abroad's "Responsible Study Abroad: Good Practices for Health & Safety"
• Participate in the Interassociational Advisory Committee, and communicate with the VP for Education and Professional Development before NAFSA is listed as endorsing specific guidelines that committee may develop
• Develop effective liaisons with other organizations and work with them to develop standards for the profession

The full charge to the subcommittee is available to NAFSA members.

NAFSA Resources for Health and Safety in Education Abroad

• The Clery Act and Education Abroad
• Crisis Management in a Cross-Cultural Setting
• Effective Crisis Management
• Health, Safety, & Security: Resources for Monitoring Conditions Abroad
• Health, Safety, & Security: Resource List
• Travel Warnings: Developing Effective Response Procedures (100kb )