Injury Surveillance for U.S. Army Basic Combat Training and One Station Unit Training, Fiscal Year 2019

Abstract

This report summarizes findings from systematic injury surveillance by the Army Public Health Center Injury Prevention Branch for the cohort of Army trainees who began Basic Combat Training (BCT) or One Station Unit Training (OSUT) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. BCT injury rates for women and men in FY 2019 were not statistically different compared to their rates in FYs 2017 and 2018. OSUT injury rates in FY 2019 were significantly lower than rates in FYs 2017 and 2018 for men in three of the OSUTs (11B/C IN, 19K AR, and 31B MP) and women in the 31B MP OSUT. Injured trainees were five times more likely to attrit from BCT and four times more likely to attrit from OSUT compared to non-injured trainees.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1182935

Entities

People

  • Keith G. Hauret
  • Michelle Canham-chervak
  • Ryan Steelman

Organizations

  • United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Army Training
  • Body Regions
  • Education
  • Engineers
  • Health
  • Hygiene
  • Information Science
  • Injury Prevention
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Police
  • Military Training
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • National Guard
  • Public Health
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Therapy
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Upper Extremity

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