The Epidemiology and Analysis (E&A) section performs comprehensive surveillance and analyses of health-related information among military service members and military-associated populations. The E&A section also provides oversight and direction to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) satellites located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Dayton, Ohio; and Portsmouth,Va. The satellites have direct interaction with the U.S. military services public health and epidemiology centers, and provide coordinated support and reports for AFHSB and the military services.
E&A leverages two major health surveillance tools maintained by AFHSB's Data Management and Technical Support section to help its staff of epidemiologists, preventive medicine physicians, and data analysts provide timely analyses and reports of actionable health information:
The use of these tools allows E&A to provide health surveillance products to DoD policymakers, military commanders, health care providers, public health officers, and researchers.
E&A's main lines of effort are:
Surveillance Data and DoDSR Serum Requests
The E&A section receives requests for DMSS data and DoDSR serum specimens from numerous DoD health surveillance professionals and researchers by email. These requests focus on ensuring the health of the U.S. military. To request data, please fill out this form. For clinical data requests, please use this form. Each request is evaluated for factors such as military relevance, status as research versus public health practice, scientific integrity, and feasibility. Past requests have involved:
- Tracking service members' health status before and after deployment
- Communicable diseases
- Chronic illness and injuries
- Vaccination rates as well as vaccine effectiveness and safety
- Sero-epidemiologic surveillance and research studies
To make a request for data, analysis or serum, the requester must meet certain criteria including:
- A requester must be a military service member or government employee working for a U.S. military organization.
- The study/ analysis must address a military-relevant topic.
- The types of requests made to the AFHSB include: Operational Public Health Practice, Research Support, and Clinical Support.
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