中越地震被災住民が行った避難所等における健康を守る共助の活動

Mutual Health Support among Chuetsu Earthquake Victims in Shelters and Other Facilities

要約

　被災後避難所等で生活している時期における地域住民の健康を守る共助の内容を明らかにするため、中越地震当時避難所生活の経験がある地域住民リーダーを対象に、グループインタビュー調査をした。調査項目は周りの人々の健康を守るため実施した活動内容と、実施すれば良かったと考える活動内容とした。聞き取った内容を意味内容の類似性を考え分類した。その結果、避難所などで健康を守る共助は、心身の病気予防のための助け合い、災害時要援護者の支援、近隣関係づくりという意味あいを持っていた。健康を守る共助の内容は、保健師が住民への防災教育を行う際の教育内容に活用できると考える。

Abstract

　To clarify how local residents staying in evacuation centers after disasters help one another to maintain health,group interviews of local resident leaders who had lived in such centers after the Chuetsu Earthquake were conducted. Respondents were asked what they had done to support health for people around them and what they thought they should have done,and responses were categorized by semantic similarity. The results showed that mutual health assistance efforts in evacuation centers included helping people to maintain physical and mental wellbeing,supporting disaster relief workers,and building relationships with others. Information on such efforts is expected to be useful in local-resident disaster prevention education programs administered by public health nurses.