Lifespan outcomes of military service

描述（由申请人提供）：服兵役对一生中健康和幸福的多个方面都有深远的影响。虽然选择退伍军人是为了身体健康，服兵役也会带来一些积极的好处，但它也会产生短期和长期的负面影响。迫切需要一种综合的、多学科的方法来理解在整个生命周期中服兵役的风险和保护方面之间的动态相互作用。我们的目标是在研究服兵役对晚年生活结果（即健康、福祉、社会和经济环境）的长期影响方面推进一种寿命方法。为此，我们提出四个目标：建立一个全国性的学者网络来研究服兵役的寿命结果。我们将以波士顿大学和VA波士顿的现有资源为基础，以及我们与俄勒冈州立大学团队成员的持续合作。在咨询小组的建议下，我们将扩大我们的网络，使其包括更广泛的成员和数据资源。2. 建立一个基于网络的信息资源，以促进获取和综合利用国家数据库。3. 使用本资源中描述的数据进行综合研究，开发和测试军事服务长期结果的寿命模型，使用最先进的统计方法进行纵向数据分析4。通过研讨会、虚拟会议和老龄化与军事服务国家会议的方式，促进采用寿命观点的新研究。我们会透过一个公众网站，向公众发布我们开发的资讯资源，这是我们日常工作的一部分；提出并发表我们的研究结果；培养下一代学者研究服兵役对健康和幸福的终身影响。

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.