text: Operational Public Health
  PRIMARY TASKS
  5-5. Table 5-1 discusses the primary tasks and purposes of the operational public health function. See AR
  40-5 and DA PAM 40-11, ATP 4-02.5, and ATP 4-02.8 for more information on Army public health.
  Table 5-1. Primary tasks and purposes of the operational public health function
  Primary task Purposes
  Conduct Health Surveillance - Collect, analyze, and interpret health-related data effectively on the
  and Epidemiology health status of Army personnel throughout their time in service.
  - Identify populations at risk of disease, injury, behavioral, or social
  health conditions and the associated risk and protective factors.
  Conduct Occupational Health - Prevent injury and illness by identifying and evaluating occupational
  health hazards and preventing or limiting those exposures.
  - Optimize protection and readiness of Army personnel in all
  environments and protect the health of populations exposed to
  occupational hazards.
  - Provide occupational illness and injury prevention and mitigation.
  Monitor environmental health - Prevent injury and illness by identifying and evaluating environmental
  health hazards and limiting exposures.
  - Optimize Soldier protection and readiness in all environments and
  protect the health of personnel and other relevant populations exposed
  to environmental hazards.
  - Ensure compliance with environmental health standards.
  Provide occupational and - Provide consultative support, when requested, for—
  environmental medicine • health surveillance and epidemiology services
  • non-clinical occupational health services
  • environmental health services
  - Respond to accidental, intentional, and unintentional exposures to
  Army personnel.
  Conduct operational public - Ensure healthy and ready forces, sustain health readiness, and provide
  health technical consultation support on public health issues.
  - Identify and articulate force health protection recommendations, and
  direct, lead, and assess operational public health activities.
  - Establish baseline health conditions, capture data on occupational and
  environment health exposures, prescribe chemoprophylaxis as
  necessary, train field sanitation teams, and provide general Public Health
  support and consultation for unit leaders.
  Conduct Health Risk - Enable risk management in order to optimize Soldier protection.
  Assessment
  - Estimate risks posed by identified health hazards exposure.
  Provide clinical public health - Deliver preventive medicine services to promote protective factors and
  mitigate risk factors for disease and disability.
  - Provide consultation to other healthcare providers and decision makers
  on medical, behavioral, and environmental conditions of public health
  significance.
  - Provide services necessary for the prevention and control of
  communicable diseases.
  Provide community-based - Improve health readiness across the force.
  prevention and health - Empower individuals and communities to engage in healthy behaviors.
  promotion
  - Provide health promotion initiatives focused on the Performance Triad.