Interview data from National Guard and Reserve spouses were utilized to identify sources of stress throughout the deployment cycle and explore spouses' coping strategies. Stressors varied from pre-deployment through post-deployment, as did coping responses.
Spiritual care is an important domain of palliative care programs across the country and in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System specifically.
Male Veterans with life expectancies of less than 12 months and nine of their family members completed a semi-structured interview to assess their spiritual needs, the spiritual care they have received, and their satisfaction with spiritual care.
How does having a sibling in the military affect young adults? Despite increasing attention to the challenges faced by spouses and children of servicemembers, the siblings of servicemembers have been largely ignored in the existing literature.
Siblings of current or recent Service members were interviewed to explore how having a family member in the military impacts their family.
BACKGROUND: With their rapidly expanding roles in the military, women service members experience significant stressors throughout their deployment experience. However, there are few studies that examine changes in women Veterans’ stressors before and after deployment.
Female National Guard and Reserve personnel completed qualitative surveys to examine the prevalence of stressors before and after deployment. Interpersonal stressors were most common across all data collection time points.
Military-connected (MC) children can face emotional and academic challenges, but little is known about how these affect schools. This study gathered the perceptions of principals, school counselors, and teachers at eight MC public schools.
Interviews and focus groups were conducted with principals, counselors, and teachers at military-connected public schools to explore the broad impact of military-connected student enrollment on schools and educators.