On this page you can find our regularly published news articles, providing digestible updates and insights about current research, evidence gaps, topics of importance, and experts across the Armed Forces community sector. We publish three types of news article. News Features provide overviews and synopses of available evidence on topical areas of importance. Research Spotlights provide lay summaries of recently published research and evidence. Meet the Expert articles introduce experts working across the Armed Forces community in research, policy, or practice.
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert' featuring a member of the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community team. This series brings you informative interviews with Armed Forces res…
Welcome to 'New Study Spotlight', where we interview researchers about their new studies to raise awareness and keep you up to date with current research focused on the Armed Forces community. Read on…
“I do not hope our country needs to go to war, but as a professional soldier, I want to be there if it does.”
This quote, often repeated in military circles, reflects an important insight emergi…
The internet has increasingly become an important tool for conducting participant-based research. Online research has enabled researchers to reach a broader audience and a wider range of participants …
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our news series that brings you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers, and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspiratio…
Welcome to ‘New Study Spotlight’, where we interview researchers about their new studies to raise awareness and keep you up to date with current research focused on the Armed Forces community. Rea…
Combat Stress recently conducted a review of the published research exploring which psychological treatments have the strongest evidence base for treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulti…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Eating disorders (EDs), are a serious mental health condition, that can impact anyone regardless of age, background, or circumstances [1]. According to Beat, the nation’s leading eating disorder cha…
KCMHR 20-year study finds rises in CMD and PTSD in Serving and ex-Serving personnel who served during the conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The findings from the fourth phase of the King’s Centre…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our news series that brings you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers, and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspiratio…
To date, little is known about the prevalence and impact of chronic pain among United Kingdom (UK) ex-Service personnel. Evidence from the United States (US) and Canada, however, indicates that this m…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Background Social care in the UK has long been considered the poor relation of NHS-provided healthcare, comparatively neglected in terms of the attention, priority, and state funding it receives [1], …
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Military sport recovery programming has proliferated internationally over the past 20 years in response to increased numbers of military personnel with physical and/or psychological illnesses and inju…
In recent years, emerging evidence has highlighted that those who leave the Armed Forces prior to completing the minimum term of their contract (i.e., under four years) – known as Early Service Leav…
On Monday 13th May 2024, we hosted our annual conference, bringing together researchers, clinicians, service providers and government representatives from across the UK and international Armed Forces …
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policymakers and service providers. In this edition, we will be featuri…
The final report from the UK Veterans family study was recently released and provides crucial insight into the lives of ex-Service personnel and their families, and how they are impacted after leaving…
We were pleased to announce the winners of our Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community Awards 2024 at our conference on 13th May 2024. These awards celebrate exceptional researchers working…
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert' featuring a member of the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community team. This series brings you informative interviews with Armed Forces res…
As highlighted in a recent workshop hosted by the Royal British Legion, the needs of military children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is emerging as an important area for under…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
New research from Cranfield University, led by Dr Robert Allen, draws on a large sample of medically diagnosed Neurodivergent Veterans (NDVs) to determine how the recruitment processes and Human Resou…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
A new independent report from Robert Gordon University commissioned in 2022 by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) explores the potential of improving ex-Servicewomen's access to support service…
At the end of 2023, 13.6% of the 1.85 million United Kingdom (UK) Armed Forces ex-Service personnel were women. Despite this, only a few more than 50 research papers on military health and well-being …
Welcome to a special edition of our regular 'Meet the Expert' series, bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. In this edition, we inte…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Food insecurity is defined as lacking access to reasonably priced, nutritious food of adequate quality. It is considered a consequence of poverty, with individuals reporting reducing the quality and c…
A major new study, launched on January 24th at the Houses of Parliament, presents an evidence-informed ‘Roadmap’ to end Veteran homelessness in the UK. This study was developed by the COBSEO (the …
On 28th November 2023, the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community published the first in its series of research and policy summaries. This first set of summaries (available here: Research …
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Language is continuously evolving, and we recognise that there are numerous terms, words and phrases that are used when referencing ethnicity. Whilst in the United Kingdom (UK) the ‘white’ ethnici…
