A Nationwide Survey of Universities on the Status of Support for Students before Travelling Overseas

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  • Marutani Toshiyuki
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Nakagawa Katsumi
    International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Ritsumeikan University
  • Yanagimoto Shintaro
    Univserity of Tokyo
  • Yoshikawa Hiroaki
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Kanazawa University
  • Togashi Hitoshi
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities Yamagata University
  • Suzuki Mari
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
  • Harada Kenji
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Iwami Taku
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities Kyoto University
  • Baba Hisamitsu
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities Kobe University
  • Iwasaki Yasumasa
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities Kochi University
  • Yokoyama Hirokazu
    International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Keio University
  • Sato Takeshi
    International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Saga University
  • Moriyama Toshiki
    International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Osaka University
  • Nishio Akihiro
    International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Gifu University
  • Yamamoto Mayumi
    International Exchange Promotion Ad Hoc Committee, Japanese National University Council of Health Administration Facilities International Exchange Committee, Japan University Health Association Gifu University

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  • 留学等で渡航する学生への健康管理に関する支援の状況についての全国調査
  • リュウガク トウ デ トコウ スル ガクセイ エ ノ ケンコウ カンリ ニ カンスル シエン ノ ジョウキョウ ニ ツイテ ノ ゼンコク チョウサ

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The theme of the American College Health Association （ACHA） - Japan University Health Association （JUHA） joint session at the ACHA annual meeting in 2018 was “travel medicine”. Whereas many universities have travel clinics in the US, travel clinics on campus is not yet common in Japan and access to travel medicine is also insufficient nationwide. Thus, we focused on how health support centers and other departments in Japanese universities give pre-travel support to students before traveling abroad. We sent survey requests to 507 JUHA member universities in April 2018 and 163 were covered. Results from our survey revealed that about 30 to 50% of the universities offer travel health advices for free depending on the contents of consultation and about 70% issue health certificates in English for free or for a reasonable cost, which are considered to be advantageous for busy students preparing for study abroad. However, as for access to travel vaccination, the situation is quite different among areas or universities. To summarize, each university could provide more effective support and education with additional guidance tools and a little more ingenuity, referring to the efforts of other universities shown in this article.

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  • CAMPUS HEALTH

    CAMPUS HEALTH 56 (2), 244-249, 2019

    Japan University Health Association

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