Middle Childhood (5-12 years)

Army data from 2000 to 2004 were used to compare two groups of married, male, Army soldier, first-time family violence offenders: 760 dual offenders (whose initial incident included both child maltreatment and spouse abuse) and 2,209 single offenders (whose initial incident included only child ma

Substantiated maltreatment reports of 2,969 married, male Soldiers were used to explore the differences between first-time offenders who engaged in both child and spouse maltreatment (dual offenders) versus those who only engaged in child maltreatment (single offender).

Food insecurity increases risk of health conditions that may decrease military readiness.

Access to proper nutrition in military families is important for improved military readiness. Researchers surveyed 248 households in order to describe the presence of food insecurity (i.e., having limited availability of nutritionally adequate, affordable foods) in military families.

Retrospective data was used to examine the percentage of child maltreatment cases with a substantiated Family Advocacy Program (FAP) report among dependent children of U.S. Army parents.