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）：兵役对整个生命周期的健康和福祉的多个方面都有深远的影响。尽管选择退伍军人是身体健康的，而兵役也赋予了一些积极的好处，但它也可能会产生短期和长期的负面影响。迫切需要采用综合，多学科的方法来了解整个寿命中服兵役的风险<和保护性方面之间的动态相互作用。 我们的目标是提高寿命方法，以研究兵役对以后的生活结果（即健康，福祉，社会和经济环境）的长期影响。为此，我们提出了四个目标：1。建立一个国家的学者网络来研究兵役的寿命结果。我们将在波士顿大学和弗吉尼亚州波士顿的现有资源以及与俄勒冈州立大学的团队成员进行的现有资源建立。在我们的咨询小组的建议下，我们将扩展我们的网络，包括更广泛的成员和数据资源。 2.构建基于网络的信息资源，以促进国家数据库的访问和综合用途。 3.使用本资源中描述的数据进行进行集成研究，开发和测试了使用最先进的统计方法进行纵向数据分析4的寿命模型4.促进通过研讨会，虚拟会议和一次性的衰老和军事服务的新研究，促进新的研究，采用了寿命的观点。作为我们正在进行的活动的一部分，我们将通过公共访问网站传播我们开发的信息资源；介绍并发布我们的发现；并发展下一代学者，以解决兵役对健康和福祉的寿命影响。 公共卫生相关性：退伍军人在老龄化人群中占相当一部分；了解他们的军事经历的影响，尤其是部署在战斗中，将增强我们对他们对衰老健康和福祉的长期影响的了解。尽管这些知识对于理解当前老化退伍军人的队列很有用，但它在未来几年内年龄的OIF/OEF的“新”退伍军人也将很有用。