Lifespan outcomes of military service

服兵役的寿命结果

• 批准号: 8079179
• 负责人: CAROLYN M. ALDWIN
• 金额: $ 18.03万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-30 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8079179
• 关键词: Lifespan; outcomes; military; service

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Military service has profound effects on multiple aspects of health and well-being across the lifespan. Although veterans are selected for good health, and military service confers some positive benefits, it can also have short- and long-term negative consequences. There is an urgent need for an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to understand the dynamic interplay between the risk< and protective aspects of military service across the lifespan. Our objective is to advance a lifespan approach to the study of the long-term effects of military service on later life outcomes (i.e., health, well-being, social and economic circumstances). To accomplish this, we propose four aims: 1. Create a national network of scholars to study the lifespan outcomes of military service. We will build on existing resources at Boston University and VA Boston, and our ongoing collaboration with team members at Oregon State University. With advice from our Advisory Group we will expand our network to include a broader range of members and data resources. 2. Build a web-based information resource to promote access to and integrative uses of national databases. 3. Conduct integrative research using data described in this resource, developing and testing a lifespan model of the long-term outcomes of military service, using state-of-the-art statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data 4. Promote new research adopting a lifespan perspective, by means of workshops, virtual conferencing, and a national conference on Aging and Military Service. As part of our on-going activities, we will disseminate via a public-access website the information resources we develop; present and publish our findings; and develop the next generation of scholars addressing the lifespan implications of military service on health and well-being. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Veterans constitute a sizable proportion of the aging population; understanding the impact of their military experiences, especially deployment to combat, will enhance our knowledge of their long-term effects on health and well-being in aging. While this knowledge is useful for understanding the current cohort of aging veterans, it will also be useful in planning for the "new" veterans of OIF/OEF as they age over the coming years.

描述（由申请人提供）：兵役对一生中健康和福祉的多个方面产生深远影响。尽管退伍军人被选为身体健康的人，服兵役会带来一些积极的好处，但它也可能产生短期和长期的负面后果。迫切需要一种综合的、多学科的方法来了解整个生命周期中兵役风险和保护方面之间的动态相互作用。 我们的目标是推进一种生命周期方法来研究兵役对晚年生活结果（即健康、福祉、社会和经济环境）的长期影响。为了实现这一目标，我们提出四个目标： 1. 创建一个全国学者网络来研究服兵役的寿命结果。我们将利用波士顿大学和 VA Boston 的现有资源，以及与俄勒冈州立大学团队成员的持续合作。根据顾问小组的建议，我们将扩大我们的网络，以包括更广泛的成员和数据资源。 2. 建立网络信息资源，促进国家数据库的访问和综合利用。 3. 使用本资源中描述的数据进行综合研究，开发和测试兵役长期结果的寿命模型，使用最先进的统计方法来分析纵向数据 4. 促进新的研究采用通过研讨会、虚拟会议和全国老龄化与兵役会议，从生命周期的角度进行讨论。作为我们持续活动的一部分，我们将通过公共访问网站传播我们开发的信息资源；展示并发布我们的研究结果；并培养下一代学者来解决服兵役对健康和福祉的影响。 公共卫生相关性：退伍军人在老龄化人口中占相当大的比例；了解他们的军事经历，特别是部署战斗的影响，将增强我们对他们对老龄化健康和福祉的长期影响的了解。虽然这些知识有助于了解当前老年退伍军人群体，但也有助于为 OIF/OEF 的“新”退伍军人在未来几年中的老龄化做好规划。