What is The Army Occupational Health Program?
The Army Occupational Health Program consists of programs and services aimed at preventing or reducing work-related adverse health outcomes. Occupational health applies the disciplines of medicine, biology, epidemiology, engineering, economics, education, politics, and the law to protect workers from hazards in the workplace. These programs and services are necessary to anticipate, identify, assess, communicate, and control occupational illness and injury threats. These threats may occur in various worksites such as research laboratories, weapons depots, satellite communication control rooms, or hospitals. Occupational health services are tailored to the hazards that are anticipated or identified.
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The U.S. Army Public Health Center (APHC)
The APHC is a field operating activity under the MEDCOM Deputy Chief of Staff, Public Health established to provide health promotion and preventive medicine leadership and services. The APHC provides technical support to the Army Public Health Enterprise.
APHC Occupational Medicine Program Contact Page
https://phccm.amedd.army.mil/organization/cphe/Pages/OccupationalMedicine.aspx
APHC Environmental Medicine Program Contact Page
https://phccm.amedd.army.mil/organization/cphe/Pages/EnvironmentalMedicine.aspx
The APHC Occupational Medicine Program
The
Occupational Medicine Program serves as a resource for Army occupational
health program management and clinical services and provides service support to
the MEDCOM Deputy Commanding General for Operations, the Deputy Chief of Staff
for Public Health, the OTSG/MEDCOM Public Health Directorate, and the MEDCOM
Regional Health Commands.
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