本世纪末,全球将进入多灾的十年。为了不失时机地做好灾期健康教育,有效地保护人民的身体健康,研究和探讨如何做好灾害期间的健康教育工作,已是一项刻不容缓的课题。作者结合1991年苏北里下河地区水灾期间,开展健康教育工作的体会,重点讨论灾害期间健康教育工作的特点及其要求,以供同道参考。大灾总是来势凶猛,猝不及防,常给人们的生命财产造成重大损失。无论哪种灾害,总少不了医疗自救和互救。当灾区人们面临生命健康威胁时,总是迫切希望懂得医疗救护知识,得到卫生防病的科学指导。此时,对健康教育工作者来说,在灾期这种特定条 At the end of this century, the world will enter a disaster-prone decade. In order to lose no time in doing good health education during the disaster period and effectively protect the people’s health, it is an urgent task to study and discuss how to do a good job of health education during the disaster. The author combined the experience of carrying out health education during the floods in Lixiahe area in northern Jiangsu Province in 1991 and focused on the characteristics and requirements of health education during disasters for reference. The catastrophe is always ferocious and offensive, often causing heavy losses to people’s lives and property. No matter what kinds of disasters, medical self-rescue and mutual rescue are always indispensable. When people in disaster-hit areas are faced with life-threatening health threats, they are always eager to learn about medical care and receive scientific guidance on health and disease prevention. At this time, for health educators, this specific section during the disaster period