As part of the National Post-Deployment Adjustment Study, 1,388 Veterans completed a survey to improve the understanding of mental health services use and perceived barriers to use in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.
Background and Objectives: It is not knownwhether parental activity levels influence children’s physical fitness. Members of the military are required to maintain standards of physical fitness, whereas the civilian population is not.
A group of 170 third-grade students participated in this study to determine whether children of military parents are healthier and more active than children of civilian parents.
The goal of this study was to examine the relationships between heightened anxiety, social support, and physical health in a sample of spouses of returning Iraq and Afghanistan service members.
Eighty-six spouses of military Service members who had been deployed participated in this study that explored the connections between mental health, social support, and physical health. Findings revealed that anxiety symptoms were related to lower social support and poorer physical health.
Context High rates of alcohol misuse after deployment have been reported among personnel returning from past conflicts, yet investigations of alcohol misuse after return from the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are lacking.
This study’s focus was to determine whether combat exposure was associated with new-onset or continued alcohol misuse.
Objectives. We examined associations between parental military service and adolescent well-being. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2008 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey collected in public school grades 8, 10, and 12 (n = 10,606).
In this cross-sectional, cohort study, researchers examined associations between parental military service and adolescent well-being (as measured by quality of life, depressed mood, and thoughts of suicide) using data from the 2008 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey.
Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current perceptions of breast-feeding support for active duty women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.