A Selfcare Program Commanders Brief

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Soldier Health Maintenance

• A Self-care Program Commanders Brief

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Definitions/Concepts

• Self-care taking care of yourself.
• Focus on personal responsibility.
• Health promotion and treatment of minor illness.
• Knowing type of treatment needed.

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Background

• 1997 - General Leonard Wood Army Community
  Hospital (GLWACH), Fort Leonard Wood
• Adverse outcome 0
• Time Self-care 10 min
• Sick call 120 min
• 2001 Current Replication Sites
• Fort Sam Houston
• Fort Sill
• Fort Huachuca
• Fort Jackson
• Aberdeen Proving Ground

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Self-care Program Goals

• Empower soldiers.
• Conserve training time.
• Reduce medical demand.

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Self-care ProgramWho, What, Why

• Soldiers learn how to better take care of
  themselves.
• Helps soldiers decide what to do for a minor
  health symptom.
• Helps soldiers decide when to see a health care
  provider for a minor health symptom.
• Saves training time.

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How Does the Program Work?

• Attend a formal class.
• Use the Soldier Health Maintenance Manual.
• Identify and evaluate symptoms.
• Choose a type of care based on the symptoms.
• Use the self-care process.
• Use over-the-counter (OTC), non-prescription
  medications with a green sheet which are logged
  in the computer.

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Process
Self Treatment of symptoms
No
OTC
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Critical Success Factors

• Communication.
• Command Support.
• Class.
• Guide.
• Process.
• Quality Assurance (QA) Points.
• Tracking eligible users.

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Soldier Self-care Program StatisticsAUG-NOV 2001
Actual and Annualized
 
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Good News from the Field

• Self-care will be incorporated into the Drill
  Sergeant School at Ft. Jackson.
• Replication of the Self-care Program to expand to
  11 AIT sites.

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Questions?