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FBCH selected for COVID-19 vaccine trials Five DoD medical treatment facilities to participate By U.S. Department of Defense
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Operation Warp Speed (OWS) goal to deliver safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics by January 2021, five DoD locations have been identified to participate in the Phase III trial evaluating the vaccine candidate AZD1222 under development by AstraZeneca. “The Department of Defense continues to play a key role in the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine,” said Honorable Tom McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. “Now that vaccines have passed the first phases of testing for safety, dosing and response, we are ready to move into the next phase where volunteers are needed to join large clinical studies. We are excited to have several sites identified to support the next steps in the vaccine development process.”
The DoD sites selected are:
Wellness center supports readiness, health By Paul Lara Belvoir Eagle
• Healthy nutrition education
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ort Belvoir Community Hospital is consolidating more than a dozen health services under the umbrella of an Armed Forces Wellness Center, according to Col. Vanessa Meyer, chief, Occupational Therapy. “The Wellness Center provides communitybased programs and services that improve and sustain the health, performance and readiness of Service members of all branches; their family members; retirees and DoD civilians delivered by highly trained professionals,” Meyer said. “Personnel provide body-composition and metabolic testing, fitness testing, or VO2 Max, stress management and biofeedback along with health and wellness coaching.” The website, at https://home.army.mil/ belvoir/index.php/about/Garrison/headquarterscommand-battalion/fort-belvoir-army-wellnesscenter, details all of the services and contact information available, including:
Health assessment review
• Naval Medical Center San Diego
• Analysis of a patient’s risk for disease
• Joint Base San Antonio Brooke Army Medical Center
• Wellness questionnaires to determine Service members’ fitness for duty
• Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (San Antonio) • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, MD) and
• Biometric screening that’s a general health check that identifies any cardiovascular or nervous system problems
Physical fitness
• Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (Fort Belvoir, VA) To volunteer, visit www. CoronavirusPreventionNetwork. org, click on “Volunteer Now” and complete the survey. Once the survey is completed, local study site coordinators will contact Military Health System beneficiary volunteers in their area who are a good match for the study. Please be sure to enter the appropriate site code.
• Exercise testing offers VO2 peak/max testing for respiratory system diseases • Exercise prescription for master fitness trainer groups and occupational therapy
Nutrition • Metabolic testing measures the rate the body burns calories and uses oxygen.
• Weight management offers specific nutrition advice for medical conditions and athletic See FBCH, page 5 performance Check out the hottest deals on brands
Stress management • Education through social work helps manage issues and medical concerns affecting everyday life • Biofeedback helps patients learn to control functions, like heart rate
General wellness education • Healthy lifestyle habits assures Force Health Protection and responds to emerging health threats • Wellness coaching helps with goal-setting, using mental imagery and optimal healing • Good Sleep Habits at the Sleep Medicine Clinic diagnosis and treats adult sleep disorders.
Tobacco education • Tobacco-free Living is a four-week program; no consult is required Nicole Leth, Belvoir’s AFWC lead health educator, is setting up a temporary location in Occupational Therapy on Belvoir Hospital’s River Pavilion, second floor. She is very excited about the October launch of consolidated services there, with a larger, dedicated Photo by Paul Lara space to open late this year Nicole Leth, lead that is, ironically, behind instructor,AFWC Dunkin’ Donuts. She said knowing what to do is a start, but many people need help taking that next step toward holistic health. “I think, in general, most of us know what to do – that the apple is a better choice than the pizza. It’s a matter of reframing things for people, and then helping them understand
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See Wellness Center, page 7