Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The Armed Forces Community (AFC) experience significant health inequalities and barriers to accessing support. Cornwall, England, has one of the highest AFC …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs) are a leading cause of medical downgrades and reduced operational effectiveness in the UK military. Initial military …
Abstract: Background: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) integrated mental and physical health services to better detect and treat depression. Primary care nurses conduct …
Abstract: Introduction: Military personnel are a unique population with heightened vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), often exhibiting higher prevalence rates …
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Over 600 UK Armed Forces personnel and civilians were seriously injured in the conflict in Afghanistan. We examined whether combat injury, and limb loss …
Abstract: Background: Suicide mortality among Vietnam War-era veterans has been examined for nearly five decades. Research on sex-based differences in postwar suicide risk among …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: This project aims to comprehensively examine the incidence of suicidality, individual and population characteristics, and health pathways, for a cohort of …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Approximately 30% of the 700000 US Gulf War Veterans (GWVs) report symptoms collectively termed Gulf War Illness (GWI), a multisymptom illness of uncertain …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Despite recognition of increased gambling vulnerability among military veterans, qualitative understanding of veterans' lived experiences of gambling harms, …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: This study investigates the rates of military sexual trauma (MST) and its associations with adverse mental health among a sample of UK female ex-service …
Abstract: Background: Musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) is the leading cause of medical downgrading and discharge within the UK military, with lower limb MSKI having the greatest …