Week Highlights: Military health panel discussion on suicide prevention with Tom Ridge, Maj. Gen.

About Community Health Charities

This Wednesday, November 16, Community Health Charities is hosting a panel discussion on Military and Veterans Health Concerns at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Corporate Citizenship Conference. The event “Exploring Cross-Sector Collaboration to Advance Military, Veterans, and First Responders’ Health” will highlight the current state of military, veterans, and first responders’ mental and physical health in the U.S. – including suicide prevention, PTSD, the effects on women and minorities and more – as well as identifying gaps and collaborative solutions.

Tom Ridge, First Secretary of Homeland Security will be the keynote speaker. Brigadier General Allyson R. Solomon, USAF (Ret.) and Major General Mark Graham, US Army (Retired), Senior Director, Rutgers UBHC National Call Center will be panelists as well. Heather Nauert, Fox News is the Moderator for the panel discussion. Thomas G. Bognanno, President and CEO of Community Health Charities, Kerri Childress, Vice President of Communications, Fisher House Foundation and Marianne Downs, Manager, Military and Veteran Programs, Corporate Community Relations, Lockheed Martin will be present.  The panel discussion is from 5pm – 6:15pm EST at Ronald Reagan Building (1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC ).

About Community Health Charities

For more than 60 years, Community Health Charities has improved lives by raising awareness and funds for health causes, uniting caring donors in the workplace with the nation’s most trusted health charities. Community Health Charities is the largest workplace giving collaborative with a focus on health. Over the past five years alone, Community Health Charities has raised more than $400 million to support nearly 2,000 charities in our network. To learn more, visit healthcharities.org

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Briana Booker gives inside look into DoD research hidden gem

Hidden Gem of DoD Research revealed
                                      Do you know how the DoDSR benefits preventive medicine? Learn here.

Currently I’m working in the field of epidemiology and military healthcare reform. This week my first government byline got published and made the front page of Health.mil. The article is ‘Hidden gem strengthens cutting-edge DoD research’, providing an overview of the importance of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)– the DoD Serum Repository (‪#‎DoDSR‬).  I’ve heard about the repository before on 60 minutes, but had no idea how beneficial it is to military readiness as well as progress of global health. The subject is pretty technical but I hope this overview will help you better understand the causes of diseases in service members and how epidemiologists and preventive medicine physicians use this hidden gem of medical research. Click below for the full article:

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Sun Safety: A heat illness prevention guide for military families

Summer is a time for fun and relaxation, but it’s also a time of extreme heat and weather alert days. It’s important for both civilians,service members and military families to know how to beat the heat before it beat them. The heat injury prevention guide below is available to tell you about the dangers of heat illness and injury and how to avoid heat stroke, heat cramps and more. Check it out now and share with family and friends to make sure the ones you love know how to beat the heat.

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