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Title Foundation for integrating employee health activities for active duty personnel in the Department of Defense / Gary Cecchine [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 82 pages) : color illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Project goal, methods, and definitions -- Safety and occupational health in the Department of Defense -- DoD information technology systems related to safety and occupational health -- Civilian approaches to integration -- Observations and conclusions -- Appendix A: Time line of safety and occupational health policies and programs, 1970-2007 -- Appendix B: Semistructured interviews with DoD officials
Summary If the Department of Defense (DoD) moves toward a more integrated employee health system, a foundation of information about the current system and requisite elements for such integration will be needed. The authors reviewed the research literature and DoD policy documents and interviewed DoD personnel to make several observations about the current state of safety and occupational health (SOH) arrangements in DoD. Currently, SOH policy cuts across several organizations at high levels in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and SOH programs are implemented by each of the military services. Recently, leadership attention has focused on safety, mostly apart from occupational health, as a separate priority. DoD and the services have made efforts to increase coordination, including both high-level formal councils and through informal relationships among SOH practitioners. Health promotion and wellness have received considerable attention within DoD through periodic health assessments and educational programs, yet these areas have not benefited from the same increased coordination. As DoD contemplates a more integrated approach, the authors considered what DoD might learn from civilian experience with integrating employee health activities. To address this, the authors reviewed civilian models of integration to identify promising approaches and practices that might inform DoD efforts. The review of activities related to employee health in DoD -- including industrial hygiene, safety, health promotion and wellness, occupational health, and its relatively mature health information technology infrastructure -- indicates that there might be little need for DoD to introduce new programs but more need to make use of the information generated by the existing programs in a more coordinated, integrated manner
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Soldiers -- Medical care -- United States
Medical policy -- United States
Health Planning -- organization & administration
Military Medicine -- organization & administration
Occupational Health
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
TECHNOLOGY -- Military Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Armed Forces -- Medical care
Medical policy
Soldiers -- Medical care
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139845
United States
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Cecchine, Gary.
ISBN 9780833047045
0833047043
1282081640
9781282081642
9786612081644
6612081643