A Population Approach to Mitigating the Long-Term Health Effects of Combat Deployments

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Reisinger, Heather Schacht ; Hunt, Stephen C. ; Burgo, A. Lucile ; Agarwal, Madhulika A.
• Description:
  A major focus of the mission of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to respond to the needs of military personnel returning from war. Given the broad spectrum of the potential effects of combat deployment on the health and well being of service members, VA is increasingly oriented toward comprehensive postcombat support, health promotion, disease prevention, and proactive approaches to caring for combat veterans. This article briefly summarizes the health care needs of service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, describes VA's approaches to addressing their needs, and outlines VA's evolving vision for how to apply principles of population health management to ensure prompt and effective response to the post deployment needs of veterans returning from future conflicts. At the heart of postcombat care will be population-based approaches oriented to health recovery using interdisciplinary, team-based platforms.
• Subjects:
  Afghan Campaign 2001- Humans Iraq War, 2003-2011 Male Mental Disorders Special Topic Veterans Veterans Health War Wounds And Injuries
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2012; 9.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. ; United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Place as Subject:
  Afghanistan ; Iraq ; United States
• Location:
  Middle East
• Volume:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d9fc5f0bbe47a9846439f8d2693ee21e3680a5a37a83758d140de73085c7cc2083483d76a2b87263139b8c2e72f95f27ce2fec8f4a43f71b64bc588d4acb754
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19796/cdc_19796_DS1.pdf
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