BACKGROUND: Military professionals who deploy to combat operations may encounter hazards that could adversely affect reproductive health. Pregnant woman are generally exempt from deployment to military operations, however, exposures to such environments may inadvertently occur.
Department of Defenese (DoD) Birth and Infant Health Registry data were used to examine whether maternal deployment during pregnancy was associated with adverse health outcomes at birth and in the first year of life.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the dental utilization of children enrolled in a military dental insurance program and to assess if utilization differs by socioeconomic status.
Claims data were used to assess child utilization of the TRICARE Dental Program for a dental check-up at least once during a period of a year. The majority of children enrolled in the TRICARE Dental Program had at least one dental check-up during the study year.
More women of the National Guard and Reserves have deployed to combat zones overseas than ever before. Upon reintegration, these soldiers often face a number of stressors related to their combat zone experiences and readjustment to civilian life.
Female National Guard members who had children and had been deployed overseas completed interviews about their experience during reintegration. Mothers reported concerns for their children’s well-being prior to deployment.
Background: The mental health of children is a primary public health concern; adolescents of military personnel may be at increased risk of experiencing poorer well-being overall and depressive symptoms specifically.
Survey data were utilized to examine the influence of military connectedness and parental deployment on adolescent mental health (i.e., feeling sad or hopeless, suicidal ideation, well-being, and depressive symptoms).
To examine associations between parental military service and school-based weapon carrying, school-based physical fighting and gang membership among youth.
Washington State 8th, 10th, and 12th graders were surveyed to examine the association between parental military status (civilian, military non-deployed, and military deployed within the previous six years) and school based physical violence, weapon carrying, and gang membership.