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Anthrax in New Jersey: A Health Education Experience in Bioterrorism Response and Preparedness

Suzanne Miro, MPH, CHES

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in the Communicable Disease Service in Trenton, New Jersey.

Sean G. Kaufman, MPH, CHES

Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

Key Words: anthrax • bioterrorism • health education

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 6, No. 4, 430-436 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839904263673
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