PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (NNS) -- The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) announced June 6, that 472 Navy and Marine Corps organizations received the 2018 Blue H - Navy Surgeon General's Health Promotion and Wellness Award – the most ever.
The 2018 winners highlighted in the Navy Surgeon General's message include 11 U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, 74 Navy flying squadrons, 58 surface ships/surface forces units, 80 Navy medical treatment facilities, eight USMC Semper Fit Centers, 43 Marine Corps commands and 110 Navy Reserve Operational Support Centers.
All Navy and Marine Corps commands can apply for the award. The award is earned at three levels Gold Star, Silver Eagle and Bronze Anchor and every applicant receives at least the Bronze Anchor.
The Blue H, managed by NMCPHC, encourages and rewards the promotion of primary prevention policies and activities in Department of the Navy and Marine Corps workplaces, communities and medical treatment facilities, which are critical to maintaining a fit and ready force. Improving healthy lifestyles of Sailors and Marines also enhances individual quality of life and reduces long-term health care costs. Health topics covered by Blue H criteria include responsible drinking, injury and violence-free living, healthy eating, active living, psychological health, sexual health, tobacco-free living and weight management.
The Blue H is organized into four distinct criteria sets: Fleet, Marine Corps Command, Medical Treatment Facility and Semper Fit Center Health Promotion Program. The Fleet and Marine Corps Command versions of the Blue H recognize excellence in workplace prevention policies, activities and outcomes for non-medical Navy and Marine Corps commands. The Medical version recognizes excellence in clinical prevention, community health promotion and medical staff health in Navy medical organizations. The Semper Fit version recognizes excellence in community-level prevention activities conducted by Marine Corps Semper Fit Centers.
"Improving healthy lifestyles of Sailors and Marines in the workplace and in our communities can enhance health and individual quality of life, and may reduce long-term health care costs. These efforts can also positively affect organizational morale." said Michael (Bob) MacDonald, Blue H Project manager. "The Blue H criteria provide a cookbook for activities, materials, policies and target objectives for health promotion programs, and this ready-to-use format is especially helpful for collateral-duty health promotion coordinators."
View the complete list of 2018 Blue H winners and the criteria for the 2019 Blue H Award at: http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/health-promotion/Pages/blue-h.aspx
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| Date Taken: | 06.11.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 06.11.2019 14:15 |
| Story ID: | 326642 |
| Location: | PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, US |
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