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National Center for Military Deployment Health Research

Lyla M. Hernandez, Catharyn T. Liverman, and Merwyn R. Greenlick, Editors

Committee on a National Center on War-Related Illnesses and Postdeployment Health Issues

Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

The Institute of Medicine was chartered in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to enlist distinguished members of the appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. In this, the Institute acts under the Academy’s 1863 congressional charter responsibility to be an adviser to the federal government and its own initiative in identifying issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Kenneth I. Shine is president of the Institute of Medicine.

This project has been funded entirely with federal funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs, under Contract No. V101(93)P-1637. The views presented are those of the Institute of Medicine Committee on a National Center on War-Related Illnesses and Postdeployment Health Issues and are not necessarily those of the funding organization.

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COMMITTEE ON A NATIONAL CENTER ON WAR-RELATED ILLNESSES AND POSTDEPLOYMENT HEALTH ISSUES

MERWYN GREENLICK (Chair), Professor and Chair,

Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine

DAN BLAZER II, J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,

Duke University Medical Center

DENNIS HOGAN, Director,

Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University

ISABEL HOVERMAN, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine,

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Austin Internal Medicine Associates

KERRY KILPATRICK, Professor and Chair,

Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health

RICHARD KURZ, Dean and Professor,

Department of Health Administration, St. Louis University School of Public Health

PENNY PIERCE, Assistant Professor,

University of Michigan School of Nursing, and

Faculty Associate,

Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

GUTHRIE TURNER, Chief Medical Consultant,

Division of Disability Determination Services, State of Washington

PETER WHITEHOUSE, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, Organizational Behavior, and Ethics,

Alzheimer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Study Staff

LYLA HERNANDEZ, Study Director

CATHARYN LIVERMAN, Study Director

KYSA CHRISTIE, Project and Research Assistant

PATRICIA SPAULDING, Project Assistant

KATHLEEN STRATTON, Acting Director,

Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

DONNA D. DUNCAN, Division Assistant

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Acknowledgments

The committee wishes to express its appreciation to the many individuals who contributed to the completion of this project. We especially want to thank the following workshop presenters who provided the committee with a wealth of information: Craig Hyams, Ralph Ibson, Susan Edgerton, William Cahill, Kim Lipsky, James Riddle, Charles Engel, Karl Friedl, Frank Garland, Frances Murphy, Han K. Kang, Matthew Friedman, Tim Gerrity, Marsha Goodwin, William Brew, Matthew Puglisi, Paul Sullivan, and Lynn Preston.

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for thief diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report:

Margit L. Bleecker, Center for Occupational and Environmental Neurology, Baltimore, MD

Larry R. Churchill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Maureen Henderson, University of Washington

Gilbert S. Omenn, University of Michigan

William A. Satariano, University of California Berkeley

William J. Schull, University of Texas Health Science Center

William Ray True, St. Louis University Medical Center

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While the individuals listed above have provided constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Concerns about the health of veterans of recent military conflicts have given rise to broader questions regarding the health consequences of service in any major military engagement. The Veterans Program Enhancement Act of 1998 directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to help develop a plan for establishing' a national center (or centers) for the study of war-related illnesses and postdeployment health issues. In response to this legislation, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a committee of experts. The charge to the committee was to (1) assist the VA in developing a plan for establishing a national center (or centers) for the study of war-related illnesses and postdeployment health issues, and (2) assess preliminary VA plans and make recommendations regarding such efforts.

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