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Deadline Approaching for Commands to Review Post Deployment Health Assessments

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS081024-17
Release Date: 10/24/2008 5:07:00 PM

By Sharon Anderson, Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- All commands have until October 31 to complete a one-time screening of medical records to check if their Sailors have competed Deployment Health Assessments (DHA) and reassessments as required by NAVADMIN 207/08. DHAs are required for Sailors who have been on IA assignment in the USCENTCOM AOR since October 2001.

DHA is mandated by the Department of Defense to screen Sailors prior to deployment, to identify health concerns after deployment, and to facilitate appropriate care. The DHA process is designed to identify stress injuries and other health concerns that require further assessment or treatment.

"DHA process is key to tracking Sailor's concerns and issues so we provide the appropriate health care and support," said Capt. Lori Laraway Navy Operational Stress Control Coordinator.

Screening is required for all Sailors who either deploy for more than 30 days ashore OCONUS; are members of a deploying unit or deployed individually on the ground to the CENTCOM AOR; or any time the Commander exercising operational control specifically determines that personnel under his command were exposed to a potentially adverse physical or mental health threat (e.g., a deployed ship conducts operations that exposed Sailors to contaminants, disease, or traumatic events).

Sailors who rotationally deploy with ships/squadrons afloat are specifically excluded from the DHA requirement unless they served more than 30 days with boots on the ground.

DHA consists of:
• Pre-Deployment Health Assessment (PRE-DHA, DD form 2795), conducted within 60 days prior to deployment.
• Post-Deployment Health Assessment (POST-DHA, DD form 2796), conducted within 30 days before or after return to home station.
• Post-Deployment Health Re-Assessment (PDHRA, DD 2900), conducted between 90 and 180 days after return to home station. The PDHRA can be done in conjunction with the periodic health assessment if time frames coincide.

Sailors access and complete DHA forms electronically at
https://www-nmcphc.med.navy.mil/edha. Command may obtain a pass phrase for its Sailors by contacting the EDHA help desk at (757) 953-0717/DSN 377 or email: edha@nmcphc.mar.med.navy.mil.

Reserve Sailors can complete the Post Deployment Health Re-Assessment by contacting the PDHRA call center for a health care provider review: 1-888-PDHRA-99.

To track the DHA process command leaders and medical personnel use the Medical Readiness Reporting System (MRRS). Commanders can validate completion of DHAs by individual or larger aggregations using appropriate UIC's to produce a MRRS compliance report. Requests for access or assistance with MRRS can be made by contacting PSC Douglass C. Davenport, OPNAV N16, by email at mrrspo@navy.mil.

Complete guidance and procedures for DHAs is in NAVADMIN 207/08 at www.npc.navy.mil.

For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnp/.