HIO

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HEALTH INFORMATION OPERATIONS
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and
Preventive Medicine [phone]/ DSN
584-4375/[phone] http//chppm-www.apgea.arm
y.mil
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AGENDA

• Mission
• Current Events
• Internet
• HIO Weekly Update
• Health Information Product Development
• Distribution
• Environmental Science Officer/Preventive Medicine
  Specialist Information Products
• Summary

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MISSION
Identify and prioritize emerging and potential
preventive medicine/public health threats, both
real and perceived, in a systematic manner. Once
those threats are identified, information is
compiled, and, if necessary, developed to convey
those threats and appropriate countermeasures to
service members, their families, military
leaders, health care providers, and other
appropriate audiences. Special focus is given to
ensuring that information products are
appropriately distributed to those who need them.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Subject Matter Experts
• Risk Communication
• Internal Staffing USACHPPM
• External Staffing Numerous Agencies
• Document Development - Editing

Draft Final Draft Final Final Draft
Version 1 Version 2 Version 3
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INFORMATION OPERATIONS
CONUS SUPPORT

• Fact Sheets
• Health Care Provider Guides
• Disaster Survivor Guides
• Pentagon Response Web Page
• Anthrax Web Page andInformation Products
• CONUS Medical Threat Briefing

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INFORMATION OPERATIONS
OCONUS SUPPORT

• Staying Healthy Guides
• Comprehensive GTA
• High Elevations GTA
• Region/Country Specific
• Central/Southwest Asia
• Indonesia/Philippines
• South America
• Horn of Africa
• Deployment Resources Web Page
• Medical Threat Briefing
• Post Deployment Preventive Medicine Briefing
  Currently in Development

Deployment Resources
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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
MEDICAL THREAT BRIEFING
Presenters Name Presenters Command Local
Contact Information
Prepared by U.S. Army Center for Health
Promotion and Preventive Medicine [phone]/
DSN 584-4375/[phone] http//usachppm.apgea.
army.mil
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Regional Country-Specific Guidance

• Guide to Staying Healthy (GTA 08-05-062),
  September 00
• Guide to Staying Healthy at High Elevations (GTA
  08-05-060), October 01
• Afghanistan/Pakistan, SHG 001-0302
• Balkans, SHG 008-0302
• Central America, SHG 005-0302
• Central Asia, SHG 002-0302
• Columbia, SHG 006-0302
• Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic),
  SHG 015-0302

• Honduras, SHG 009-0302)
• Horn of Africa, SHG 004-0302
• India, SHG 007-0302
• Indonesia and Malaysia, SHG 012-0302
• North Africa, SHG 010-0302
• Philippines, SHG 011-0302
• Republic of Georgia, SHG 014-0302
• Southwest Asia, SHG 003-0302
• West Africa, SHG 013-0302

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PM RESOURCE CD-ROM SET
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http//chppm-www.apgea.army.mil
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DEPLOYMENT RESOURCES
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HIO WEEKLY UPDATE

• Provides information regarding global medical and
  veterinary issues of interest to the US Military
• Does not attempt to analyze the information
  regarding potential strategic or tactical impact
  to the US Military
• Provides an increased awareness of current and
  emerging health-related issues
• Available on unclassified webpage

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HIO WEEKLY UPDATE

• Product produced by HIO medical analyst
• Research of numerous current news and Internet
  resources
• LexisNexis search engine
• 2.8 billion searchable documents - nearly 3 times
  the size of the Web
• 30,000 news, business, and legal information
  sources
• Future goal is to predict/identifymedical
  threats before they happen

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USACHPPM SIPRNET
The USACHPPM Secret Internet Protocol Router
Network (SIPRNet) site is now available. The site
provides classified and FOUO information that
cannot be accessed over the normal Internet. The
address is http//usachppm1.army.smil.mil
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CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS
ARMY GOAL ONE Location for all Preventive
Medicine Information
USACHPPM Internet Site http//chppm-www.apgea.army
.mil/
ESOLINK http//www.geocities.com/Pentagon/2701/270
1.html
Preventive Medicine Update http//www.geocities.co
m/prev_med_update/
Other Service Members Unsure of Status for
Locations of all Preventive Medicine Information
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DISTRIBUTION

• Who gets what and when?
• Distribution channels to
• Army MEDDAC/MEDCEN
• Military Field Units (Pvn Med and Medical)
• Public
• OPSEC for some materials

POC MAJ Ornstein alex.ornstein_at_amedd.army.mil
POC Mr. Delaney kevin.delaney_at_amedd.army.mil
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CURRENT HIO ISSUES

• Maintaining product inventory at SRP sites
• MTFs
• Organic assets
• Ensuring appropriate distribution
• Identifying new information requirements
• Ensuring that information products are getting
  the right messages to the right people
• Staying ahead of emerging issues

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SUMMARY

• Mission
• Current Events
• Internet
• HIO Weekly Update
• Health Information Product Development
• Distribution
• Environmental Science Officer/Preventive Medicine
  Specialist Information Products

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HEALTH INFO PRODUCTS
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HEALTH INFO PRODUCTS