Mr' PosywioDr Funke, UK Bund

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Healthy Skin Campaign

• Mr. Posywio/Dr Funke, UK Bund
• Susan ODonnell, USACHPPMEURWolfgang Rieth,
  USAREUR Safety Division

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Healthy Skin Campaign
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Healthy Skin Campaign

• Training Intent
• Overall Culture
• Seatbelt use
• Bicycle helmet
• Sun tan lotion

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Healthy Skin CampaignTraining

• SME Training during TRI SERVICE SAFETY Conference
  
• Theoretical
• Campaign Goals
• Campaign Concept
• Key players responsibilities
• Evaluation
• Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
• Medical Aspects
• Protection methods
• Hands On
• Establish Unit Skin Protection Program
• Establish Skin Protection Plan (Hautschutzplan)
• Trade specific Skin Protection requirements
• Evaluation and selection of PPE
• Evaluation and selection of Skin Protection
  Products

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Healthy Skin CampaignGoals and Concept

• Campaign Goals
• To promote a more conscious attitude among
  US-Forces leaders and employees towards their own
  skin, and methods of protection.
• Improve awareness and knowledge of skin diseases
  and ways to protect the skin
• Raise awareness level on immediate supervisor
  level regarding implementation of suitable skin
  protection programs
• Reduce current number of skin related
  issues/diseases by approx 15 within one year
• Good US Forces/HN public relation thru campaign
  partnering and participation
• Campaign Concept
• Campaign Slogan Your skin. The most important
  2m2 in your life.
• Join the Skin Protection Campaign launched by the
  statutory health insurance and accident insurance
  institutions in Germany and being supported by
  the US Forces under the lead of USACHPPMEUR.

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Healthy Skin Campaign

• Skin Diseases 16.833 26,9
• Disease 9.797 15,4 Noise-induced hearing
  loss
• Disease 5.847 9,3 Lift and carry
• BLS Statistics
• According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illness
  released in October 2006, skin disease remains
  the most prevalent occupational illness. In fact,
  eczema accounts for nearly 20 percent of all
  reported occupational diseases in the U.S.

All German Insurance carriers
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Healthy Skin Campaign
Number of suspected cases most frequently
reported (UK-Bund)
Source Annual Report UK-Bund 2005
   
   
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Skin Protection is Hand Protection

• 95 of skin diseases are hand eczema
  (dermatitis)
• Most can be prevented

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Skin Protection is Hand Protection
Allergic contact eczema (latex allergy, poison
ivy)
Toxic contact eczema (chemical burns)
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Healthy Skin CampaignKey Players Responsibilities

• Key players responsibilities
• Kick-off the official campaign beginning of May
  2008 with CG or CofS AFN spot and press release
  together with a joint signed policy letter
• Campaign publications thru different media as
  well as radio and TV announcements 
• Various training sessions 
• Job Hazard Analysis and other related assessments
• Campaign related questionnaire/survey.
• Campaign lead USACHPPMEUR
• Units Establish Skin Protection Program

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Key players responsibilities

• Campaign support (SME)
• Commanders at all levels
• Garrison OHN IH personnel
• Garrison Safety personnel
• Tenant Unit Safety personnel
• Works Councils at all levels

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Key players responsibilities

• TV spots and Print media
• USAREUR PAO
• AFN
• Publication and Printing Services
• Vice Media
• Training
• USACHPPM-EUR
• UK-Bund German Insurance Carrier
• DGUV

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Healthy Skin CampaignTraining (cont)

• Awareness Training (Commanders, Supervisors, all
  others)
• Approx 9 sessions provided by UK-Bund (open
  training sessions in Garrisons Movie theaters)
• Tentative schedule outlined
• Additional training from DGUV (former HVB) maybe
  possible
• Training videos and other related Skin
  information through the Web

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Timeline
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Key players responsibilities

• Campaign WEB
• USAREUR Safety Division (Campaign Pages)
• All MSC, PAO and other units maintaining WEB
  Pages ( Place Campaign Logo as Link)

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The Web
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The Web
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Campaign Events Veranstaltungen zur Kampagne
Sample
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Evaluation????????

• Before and after the campaign
• Metrics to evaluate campaign success
• Questionnaire to be done in codetermination with
  HWC

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Campaign Coordination

• Campaign Coordination
• USACHPPMEUR, POC Ms. Susan ODonnell, DSN
  486-8237 for campaign coordination and health
  aspects.
• USAREUR Safety Division, POC Mr. Wolfgang Rieth,
  DSN 370-6314 for campaign coordination.
• UK-Bund, Herr Posywio for campaign support
  (Training and Material)

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Healthy Skin Campaign
UK Bund