Characteristics of male and female Veterans in the Housing and Urban Development- Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program were examined with administrative data.
Purpose. The population of military veterans attending college is rapidly growing as veterans return from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF).
Students (Veterans and non-Veterans) attending private and public two and four year colleges in Minnesota completed an online survey in order to describe patterns of students' health-related behaviors.
Background: Women who have served in the military are a rapidly growing population. No previous studies have compared directly their health status to that of civilians. Purpose: To provide estimates of several leading U.S. health indicators by military service status among women.
Data from a population-based study including civilians, Veterans Active Duty, and National Guard or Reserves members were used to compare the health status of women who have served in the military to that of civilians.
Background: This study examined gender differences in the impact of warfare exposure on self-reported physical health. Methods: Data are from the 2010 National Survey of Veterans, a nationally representative survey of veterans from multiple eras of service.
Veterans completed questionnaires to examine gender differences relationships among warfare exposure (combat deployment and exposure to casualties), health status, and functional impairment.
Objective: Although women in the military are exposed to combat and its aftermath, little is known about whether combat as well as pre-deployment risk/protective factors differentially predict post-deployment PTSD symptoms among women compared to men.
U.S. National Guard Soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan completed measures of potential risk/protective factors and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms one month before and 2-3 months after deployment.
Background: Despite increasing numbers of women veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, few studies have examined hazardous drinking in this group.