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Military Commanders’ Responsibility for Members’ Health

WEBThe health and wellness of CAF members is a shared responsibility between the member, the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp), and the military chain of command (CoC). The CoC is the most critical part of the health and wellness equation. Leadership, beginning at the highest levels of the organization, is a vital force in

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Prognosis 2020: A Military Medical Strategy for the Canadian Forces

WEBHealth Surveillance: There is a clear opportunity in the information age to improve the epidemiological knowledge of both the rates of diseases and the potential cause factors. Health Records: Linked with lesson number two is the need for improved medical record keeping and operational exposure data.

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FROM COMbAT STRESS TO OpERATiONAl STRESS: ThE CF’s …

WEBdigm shift in how those suffering from mental health-related problems were dealt with by DND and VAC.3 The adoption by the CF of the term “Operational Stress Injury” (OSI), to encompass a wide range of mental health issues, and to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, was symbolic of this

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Canadian Military Journal Vol. 20, No. 1

WEBLinking Health to Military Readiness. Based upon the definitions of health, resilience and fitness proposed above and the introduction of the Quadruple Aim framework, one can draw obvious parallels between these concepts and military readiness. As stated by Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist Dr. Gregory D. Powell, …

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PROGNOSIS 2020: A MILITARY MEDICAL STRATEGY FOR THE …

WEBCanadian health care system.11 All of these issues will be of intense interest and import to the CF health care system as changes in any of these dimensions will shape the milieu in which military medicine in Canada operates. Of the many challenges facing health care in Canada, perhaps the most serious are funding, demographics (the aging

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Canadian Military Journal Vol. 19, No. 4

WEBResearch within this field supports the powerful link between physical fitness modelling and health behaviour change. 4 In a novel study conducted by researchers Mark Stevens et al, at the University of Stirling, 583 individuals from sports teams and group exercise classes across the South of England were surveyed using the 15-Item Identity

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Canadian Military Journal Vol. 16, No. 1

WEB“It is a proactive, multi-faceted reform that aims at making the Canadian Forces health care system patient-focused, accessible, and capable of meeting the needs of the member and operational chains-of-command at home and abroad while respecting the principles of the Canada Health Act.” 36 Rx2000 redefined mental health services, …

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Canadian Military Journal

WEBChapter 2, p. 13. Canadian Forces Health Services doctrine proposes a 16 person forward surgical team. See: CFJP 4-10 Health Services (Edition 2) (29 July 2022) p. 6–5. See also, Tien H, Beckett A. Medical support for future large-scale combat operations. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health. 2022; 8(s2): p. 24 and Kaduck p. 46.

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Mental Health is Not Just a Challenge for War Heroes: …

WEBMental Health is Not Just a Challenge for War Heroes: Sometimes Average People Need Help, Too S o far, I have only typed the title for this article and already I can feel the chemicals coursing through my body: my fingers, as I type this, are feeling fatter and more sluggish, yet also jittery and electrified. My vision is narrowing and blur-

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An HMCS Caribbe The Road to Mental Readiness Program: …

WEBlong term mental health outcomes” 10 of CAF members and their families, by means of training modules included in career courses and pre- and post-deployment courses. Without question, the program’s objective is a bold one, given the complexity of the mental health field and the specificities of a military career, which

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Mindfulness: Building Resiliency in the Canadian Armed Forces

WEBbreaching through the stigma of mental health issues. 17 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed a mobile application ‘Mindfulness Coach’ aimed at providing this type of training to those suffering from PTSD. It is a user-friendly resource available to veterans and serving soldiers allowing them to conduct two to

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Canadian Military Journal Vol. 20, No. 2

WEBThe Formation Commander was also incredibly supportive. Everyone in the office was nothing but supportive. And my wife has been my biggest source of support and encouragement. And again, the addictions and mental health people have been amazing. They will help you, they want to help you. In fact, they wanted to help me more than I …

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Canadian Military Journal Vol. 17, No. 2

WEBPhysical – whereby health is maintained through physical activity, nutrition, and good sleeping patterns. 4 Psychological – according to psychiatrists Steven Southwick and Dennis Charney, authors of the book Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges , psychological resilience is a multi-dimensional ability to bend

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Operational Stress Injury Social Support: A Canadian Innovation in

WEBIntroduction. The Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) program was created in May 2001 to meet an important need. The increasing incidence of military members suffering debilitating stress-related injuries as a result of their tours of duty became more widely known to Canadians and within the Canadian military community …

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“When You First Start Out You Feel Like You Don’t Have Control

WEBFor example, in non-military work environments, issues of workplace structure, status, and a sense of control over work-related decisions affect health-related quality of life, cardiovascular disease, absenteeism, muscular injury, anxiety and depression. 3-6 Often, it is the social organization of work, such as management styles …

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Canadian Military Journal Vol. 20, No. 3

WEBExisting mental health studies with respect to RPA operators clearly indicate the existence of stressors that can be harmful to mental health. 12 Stressors that negatively affect the well-being of an individual can be relatively trivial matters, such as long hours, shift work schedules, and secondary duties. While these alone would not cause

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Canadian Military Journal

WEBThe Canadian Military Journal is the official professional publication of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence. The Journal is published quarterly in both official languages (English and French) under authority of the Minister of National Defence. Check out the Fall issue for articles on: Research Articles, Education,

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Women Serving in the Canadian Armed Forces: Strengthening …

WEBorganization allowed women to serve in roles other than health care, so that men employed in non-combatant roles could be made available to fight.19 Of the 102 trades available at that time, 65 were open to women, with the caveat that they would be prohibited from taking on a combat role. 20 Most of these women were employed in ‘traditional’

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WEBThe Mental Health and Operational Stress Injury Joint Speakers Bureau (JSB) was formed in 2007 when the OSISS Speakers Bureau joined together with the then-CF Health Services Group Headquarters. 41 The JSB is an educational program based upon effective strategies aimed at health promotion, mental illness prevention, and upon decreasing …

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Canadian Military Journal

WEBCanadian Military Journal [Vol. 22, No. 3, Summer 2022] Profession of Arms. DND/CAF photo by Corporal François Charest/TM02-2019-0021-0001. Task Force members in Mali, together with German and French allies, participate in a CH-147F Chinook helicopter crash simulation exercise during Operation PRESENCE-MALI, 6 March 2019.

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Canadian Military Journal

WEBEnsure the retention of Aboriginal health-care providers in Aboriginal communities. Provide cultural competency training for all healthcare professionals. 24. We call upon medical and nursing schools in Canada to require all students to take a course dealing with Aboriginal health issues, including the history and legacy of residential …

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