福島第一原発事故による放射線の影響で浪江町は全町避難を余儀なくされました。いわき市内に避難した町民は、市内に分散した借り上げ住宅などで避難生活を送っていたので、行政サービスや保健サービスが十分に行きわたらず、また住民同士が集う場も少なく、孤立しやすい状態となっていました。日本赤十字社と日本赤十字看護大学は共同で、いわき市内に避難している浪江町民を訪問して聞き取りを行う健康調査支援事業を共同で行ってきました。看護大学で事業を担当してきた先生方が、2012年10月の事業開始から2017年3月まで4年半におよぶこれまでの活動について振り返りました。
The effects of radiation due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident forced all residents of Namie Town to be evacuated the town. The residents evacuated to Iwaki City (Fukushima Prefecture) were living dispersedly in houses rented by the prefectural government throughout the city. This made it difficult for the Namie Municipal Government to provide enough administrative services and welfare services to these people. They had no place to get together and this led to a situation where they could be isolated. The Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing (JRCCN) had jointly conducted the project for health interview survey which JRCS nurses visited and interviewed people evacuated from Namie to Iwaki. Teachers of the JRCCN who had been driving the project looked back and reviewed activities conducted for the period of about four and half years from October 2012 to March 2017.