Miro Suzanne, Kaufman Sean G
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in the Communicable Disease Service in Trenton, New Jersey, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2005 Oct;6(4):430-6. doi: 10.1177/1524839904263673.
The anthrax attack in 2001 created new challenges to health educators working on the response effort in New Jersey. Never before had there been a need for educating a group of people who had been exposed to a biological weapon. Coming on the heels of the catastrophic World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services was entrenched in the response to, and management of, the anthrax attack that placed a heavy emphasis on educating the postal workers of the United States Postal Service Trenton Processing and Distribution Center. This article provides an account of the preparation and delivery of educational materials and activities in the midst of a biological emergency, emphasizes the role health educators play in responding to bioterrorism events, and encourages health educators to become involved in bioterrorism preparedness efforts.
2001年的炭疽袭击给新泽西州参与应对工作的健康教育工作者带来了新的挑战。此前从未有过对接触过生物武器的人群进行教育的需求。紧随着2001年9月11日灾难性的世界贸易中心坍塌事件之后，新泽西州卫生与高级服务部全力投入到炭疽袭击的应对和管理工作中，该工作高度重视对美国邮政服务特伦顿处理与配送中心的邮政工作人员进行教育。本文记述了在生物紧急情况期间教育材料和活动的准备与提供情况，强调了健康教育工作者在应对生物恐怖主义事件中所发挥的作用，并鼓励健康教育工作者参与生物恐怖主义防范工作。
