Combs E Wayne
US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, USA.
US Army Med Dep J. 2009 Apr-Jun:81-4.
Following the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, many service members reported health problems and believed these problems were associated with their military service in the Persian Gulf. A paucity of health and deployment data severely limited the ability to investigate the nature and causes of these illnesses. Based on the findings from a 2002 study, the Government Accounting Office recommended that the Secretary of Defense direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to establish an effective quality assurance program that would help ensure that the military services comply with the force health protection and surveillance requirements for all service members. In November 2003, The Surgeon General of the Army tasked the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) with the development of a Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program for the Army. Since 2003, a team from USACHPPM has visited approximately one Army installation per quarter. Over time, there has been remarkable improvement noted in Army deployment health metrics and practices.
在1990 - 1991年海湾战争之后，许多服役人员报告了健康问题，并认为这些问题与他们在波斯湾的军事服役有关。健康和部署数据的匮乏严重限制了调查这些疾病的性质和原因的能力。根据2002年一项研究的结果，政府问责局建议国防部长指示负责卫生事务的国防部助理部长建立一个有效的质量保证计划，这将有助于确保各军种遵守针对所有服役人员的部队健康保护和监测要求。2003年11月，陆军军医局责成美国陆军健康促进与预防医学中心（USACHPPM）为陆军制定一项部署健康质量保证计划。自2003年以来，USACHPPM的一个团队每季度大约走访一个陆军驻地。随着时间的推移，陆军部署健康指标和做法有了显著改善。
