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COMDTNOTE 6010
SUBJ: POST-DEPLOYMENT HEALTH REASSESSMENT UPDATE
A.  Coast Guard Medical Manual, COMDTINST M6000.1 (SERIES)
B.  Mental Health Assessments for Members of the Armed Forces
Deployed in Support of a Contingency Operation, 10 U.S.
C. 1074m
1.  In accordance with REFS (A) and (B), all Active Duty (AD) and
Selected Reserve (SELRES) Coast Guard personnel who are on an
expeditionary deployment for at least 30 consecutive days must
complete three deployment health assessments (DHAs) and four mental
health assessments (MHA).
2.  Guidelines and instructions for completing assessments are
provided during pre and post deployment processing.  The assessments
are required at the following times: (Note: MHA (1) and MHA (2) are
combined with respective DHAs).
    a.  Pre-DHA/MHA (1):  completed during pre-deployment processing.
    b.  Post-DHA:  completed during post-deployment processing.
    c.  Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA)/MHA (2):
completed  3 - 6  months after Post-DHA.
    d.  MHA (3):  completed during next annual Periodic Health
Assessment (PHA).
    e.  MHA (4):  completed during subsequent PHA.
3.  A number of Coast Guard personnel are delinquent in completing
their PDHRAs.   In upcoming weeks, delinquent Coast Guard members
will receive a phone call from Logistics Health Incorporated (LHI)
asking them to:
    a.  Complete their PDHRA on the Electronic Deployment Health
Assessment (EDHA) website at the URL below, and
    b.  Call LHI to speak with a health care provider to review and
complete the form LHI has been approved to use and is authorized to
ask for the social security numbers of Coast Guard personnel to
complete the PDHRAs.  LHI will maintain appropriate security of
Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
4.   Coast Guard personnel should check the Coast Guard Business
Intelligence system to determine if they are delinquent.  If
delinquent, they should log into the Electronic Deployment Health
Assessment (EDHA) at https://164.167.138.44/edha to complete their
PDHRA.  Additional guidance on completing a PDHRA can be found at
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg1/cg112/cg1121/
deploymenthealth(underscore)med.asp.
5.  POC:  CAPT Erica Schwartz (CG-1121), 202-475-5172
Email: Erica.G.Schwartz(AT)uscg.mil.
Operational Medicine POC:  CDR John Hariadi (HSWL SC), 757-628-4331
Email:  John.Hariadi(AT)uscg.mil.
6.  RADM Maura K. Dollymore, Director of Health, Safety and
Work-Life, sends.
7.  Internet release authorized.