Health ; Safety Tips for Abroad Students

Health and safety are two major concerns in a study trip to the overseas country for all study-abroad students. Safety measures for both student’s health and wealth are essential for a peaceful ’study-stay’ in the country abroad.

Common advice for health:

Staying healthy is important while you are away from homeland. Here are a few tips that can help you to maintain your health abroad:

1 Students who are under medication can consult their Doctor before departure and are advised to take enough medicines to last through the initial stages of staying abroad.

2 The required vaccinations should be taken in time before leaving for the destination country. Life is unpredictable and taking precautions can help us to minimize our misfortunes.

3 Good food and lifestyle can keep students safe from many common infections and ailments, so they are advised to develop good eating habits

4 Health does not signify ‘physical health’ only but ‘mental health’ too. Therefore students must learn how to take care of their mental health and not worry too much.

5 They can decrease their stress by sharing all the issues in their lives with friends and family members (through mails or telephone), which will help them to be calm and more poised and de-stress themselves occasionally.

Advice for common safety:

Ensuring safety both ‘at home’ and ‘out of home’ is important. Here are some helpful tips that will help you to be ’safe’ in a study abroad trip:

1 Check for the identification details when repairmen enter your home.

2 As soon as you arrive in your new home, you should make a list of doors and windows and mentally chart out a set of escape routes in case of fire or other emergency situations.

3 Make sure you lock your home whenever you leave

4 Better avail the public transport system in the foreign country.

5 Avoid allowing the strangers inside your home.

6 Whether you are going to travel by car or train or any other mode of transportation facility in the new country, always keep your student identification details with you.

7 Try to travel ‘light’. Loss of a heavy baggage may result in loss of more possessions that could have been safe at home.