The wars in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF) have engendered a growing population of US female veterans, with women now comprising 15% of active US duty military personnel.
Although there is considerable research on the effects of OEF/OIF deployment on Service members, few studies have focused on issues women face during deployment.
The experience of war changes people – some will acknowledge that the changes are positive and some will feel the opposite or a combination, but that it changes a person cannot be disputed.
Men and women who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan were surveyed to identify family, personal, and work reintegration difficulties that could be targeted for intervention.
Objective: Since post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common after military deployment and affects both military service membes and their families, we sought to both improve PTSD-related knowledge of military family members and to foster actions to help service members with their symptoms.
An educational website about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was created for military family members in order to increase PTSD-related knowledge and promote actions to help Service members with their symptoms.
According to recent census reports, nearly a million veterans have a same-sex partner, yet little is known about them or their use of Veterans Health Care Administration (VHA) services.
Gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) Veterans were assessed via an online survey to examine the relationships among Veterans Health Administration (VHA) utilization, clinical needs, demographic variables, and trauma. GLB Veterans in this sample use the VHA at similar rates as other Veterans.
Veterans are a sizable and policy-relevant demographic group in the United States, yet little is known about their economic well-being.
Data from the Survey of Program Participation collected between 1992 and 2004 was used to investigate the relationship between Veteran status and experience of material hardship.