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Applicability and Scope

This instruction applies to all Navy Medical Department activities.

References (a) through (e) establish an effective, integrated, and comprehensive health promotion and wellness program throughout the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Navy (DON). Navy Medicine health promotion resources will support the health promotion needs of active duty and their family members, reserve component members, civilian beneficiaries, and retirees. Reference (f) establishes health promotion requirements for civilian employees. References (g) through (i) provide national community health and clinical preventive guidelines and establishes U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2010 Goals and Objectives for the Nation and outlines the ten leading health indicators. Reference (j) provides an assessment of military members in meeting selected Healthy People 2010 objectives.

Reference (d) states the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), through the Surgeon General, is the Chief of Naval Operation's (CNO) principal advisor on health service programs within the DON, and is the subject matter expert on the DON's Health Promotion Program. Navy Medical Departments will serve as a community-based resource in support of health promotion programs.

Purpose.

To provide policy and guidance for Navy Medicine's roles and responsibilities in the United States (U.S.) Navy's Health Promotion and Wellness Program.