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You are the most valuable asset of the U.S.Army. Your health is important because you will do your best when you feel your best. You are responsible for your health. The Army wants you to have the tools and skills you need to take care of your own health. The Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) has developed a self-care program for Soldiers on active duty. A self-care manual, The Soldier Health Maintenance Manual, is the central part of the self-care program. The manual contains basic health tips to help you stay healthy, symptom evaluation charts to help you determine when you can care for yourself, what over-the-counter medications are recommended, and when to seek medical care. The manual is at no time meant to replace seeking health care when you need it. As always, when in doubt, seek medical attention. Many of the principles of the self-care program, such as those just mentioned, can be used by anyone. The Soldier Health Maintenance Manual is provided here in Adobe Acrobat PDF for you to download. It has been divided into sections so that persons with slower connections can download the Manual a section at a time. The manual is just one part of a self-care tool kit. The USACHPPM Self-care program is in the Toolbox on this site and can also be accessed on the USACHPPM web site:
Elements of the self-care tool kit may be useful in your workplace or reserve center/armory. The Self-care Program increases Soldier wellness by empowering Soldiers to be responsible for personal health, increases the efficiency of health care delivery, and reduces the amount of training time lost by Soldiers waiting in sick call (or civilian medical appointments) for minor illnesses or injuries. The USACHPPM Self-care web page includes: Self-care Toolkit (v. 2.0), Soldier Health Maintenance Manual, Self-care Program briefing slides, and the Self-care Replication project data summary.
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US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine: TG 272 - Soldier Health Maintenance Manual
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You are a Soldier. You serve your country in the U.S.Army, the finest fighting force in the world. You make it that way. No one else can do your job with your pride, your discipline, and your courage.
