Armed Forces Public Health Conference
"Public Health in a Joint Environment"
Core Conference: 21-25 March 2011
Preconference Workshops: 18-20 March 2011
Hampton Roads Convention Center
Hampton, VA

"Deployment Healthcare Track and Conference Information"
Presented by
DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center

Table of Contents

• Purpose of Deployment Healthcare Track (DHCT)
• Benefits of Attending DHCT and FHP Conference
• 2011 Call for Presentations
• Contact DHCT
• 2011 DHCT Workshops
• Registration for FHP Conference Hotels with Special Conference Rates
• 2009, 2008 and 2007 DHCT Presentations

Purpose of Deployment Healthcare Track (DHCT)

The 2011 Deployment Healthcare Track's focus is on Service member-centered care for returning combat warriors and their families. The target audience is healthcare providers who are the first to assess and treat Service members: primary care and family practice providers, nurses, behavioral health, and physician assistants, as well as occupational and environmental medicine, clinical epidemiologists and health service researchers. Special areas of interest include:

1. Improving, measuring and evaluating war-related care
2. Fostering trust between Service members and healthcare providers (clinical risk communication)
3. Developing best practices for war-related diseases: traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), depression, grief, trauma, PTSD
4. Improving continuity of care with coordinated aftercare between the DoD, the VA and other federal/private agencies
5. nitiating new information systems and clinical automation for war-related care

Benefits of Attending DHCT and FHP Conference

The DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center is committed to improving care for Service members and their families. The need to do this has increased with the complexities of providing care during combat. The Armed Forces Public Health Conference will be the premiere and largest Preventive Medicine and Public Health conference in the military. The Deployment Healthcare Track focuses specifically on deployment health conditions and concerns.. You have the opportunity to network with professionals in your own and other disciplines. We sponsor an annual social event where presenters and attendees can get together for an evening of fun to renew relationships with old friends and make new ones.

2011 DHCT Presentations

The Deployment Health Clinical Center is seeking abstracts from persons who would like to be presenters in the Deployment Healthcare Track. Submissions of abstracts involving cross-disciplinary collaborations are highly encouraged. We especially want to encourage primary care providers, physician assistants, and nurses, who are the first line of healthcare assistance for returning combat veterans and families, to present at this Conference. For information on how to submit an abstract, please click here.

Contact DHCT

If you have questions or need additional information or would like to submit an abstract to be a speaker in the Deployment Healthcare Track, you can contact Ms. Victoria Bruner. Contact information can be found below:

Email:

Victoria.Bruner@amedd.army.mil

Name/Position:

Victoria Bruner, RN, LCSW, BCETS, Director, Clinical Education and Training

Phone:

202-782-6563 / 0924

DSN:

662-6563 / 0924

Fax:

202-782-3539

2011 DHCT Workshop

The list of Deployment Healthcare Track Workshops is still pending. Please check back after 25 October 2010. Information about the DHCT Workshops will be posted on the DHCT Workshops Page.

Registration for FHP Conference

To register for the conference, go to:
http://phc.amedd.army.mil/FHPC.
There is NO registration fee for this conference.

Hotels with Special Conference Rates

The conference partners with specific hotels for special conference rates. Due to the large number of conference attendees, it is prudent to get your hotel reservations early. USAPHC(Prov) has contracted with certain hotels to hold rooms for attendees to the AFPH Conference. Each individual guest must make reservations by calling the hotel. When making reservations, ask for the Armed Forces Public Health Conference room block, in order to receive the room rates that have been established for the Group. For information on hotels, please click here.

2009, 2008 and 2007 DHCT Presentations

You can view the 2009, 2008 and 2007 Deployment Healthcare Track Schedules to get an idea of the type of presentations we are seeking along with reviewing the overall conference purpose. Presentations from Presenters who agreed to have their information released to the public domain are also included. Presentations from 2010 will be posted soon.