The well-being of military personnel and their families is a topic of growing concern in public health. The effects of military service on physical and psychological health, especially after extended overseas deployments, are complex.
The academic research in this area is relatively new, and we draw on recent social science studies to describe a vision for maximizing the effectiveness of financial education by coupling it with steps that turn financial knowledge into effective actions.
Poor mental health has been consistently linked with the experience of financial hardship and poverty. However, the temporal association between these factors must be clarified before hardship alleviation can be considered as an effective mental health promotion and prevention strategy.
This study tested the equivalence of a theoretical model of parenting behaviors linking financial strain to adolescents' achievement for African American and European American families and for single‐ and two‐parent families.
Policy makers have embraced financial education as a necessary antidote to the increasing complexity of consumers’ financial decisions over the last generation.
• Survey Population – The target population for the 2012 Survey of Active Duty Spouses (2012 ADSS) consisted of spouses of active duty members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, excluding spouses of National Guard and Reserve members, who (1) have at least six months of service and (
Consumers of financial products and services need both a safe, transparent marketplace, and the financial capability to navigate that marketplace effectively.
The past decade has seen a rise in both economic insecurity and frequency of physical pain. The current research reveals a causal connection between these two growing and consequential social trends.
This paper examines variations in current economic welfare attributable to different profiles or histories of health status over the preceding ten year period.
We worked with six participating organizations through the Savings Innovation Learning Cluster (SILC) to go through an extensive design process to come up with ideas to help their low- and moderate-income clients to save.