Outdoor recreation continues to be utilized as Alternative Complementary Medicine among veterans and others who have experienced trauma. A popular subset of these activities are conducted either single event or multiday outings focused on hunting fishing. Observations participant interest in processing preparing the fish game procured while engaged outdoor provoked initiation a survey combat-wo...

The Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944 represented unprecedented investment in social services which uplifted veterans into the middle class. As observers hail G.I. Bill for its provisions supposed deserving Americans, popular memories emphasize imagination modern veterans’ support and race-neutral policy, while ignoring shortcomings. presents a departure from New Deal ushers conservative er...

We assess the labor market experiences and earnings of military veterans, focusing on three major outcomes, among others, controlling for a wide array demographic characteristics industry occupational fixed effects. First, we find that male female veterans receive civilian nearly equivalent to nonveteran men women. This finding implies experience is valued in similarly foregone experience. Seco...

BACKGROUND While the majority of veteran suicides involve firearms, no contemporary data describing firearm ownership among US veterans are available. This study uses survey data to describe the prevalence of firearm ownership among a nationally representative sample of veterans, as well as veterans' reasons for firearm ownership. METHODS A cross-sectional, nationally representative web-based...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made treatment and care of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) veterans a priority. Researchers face challenges identifying the OIF/OEF population because until fiscal year 2008, no indicator of OIF/OEF service was present in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administrative databases typically used for research. In this...

BACKGROUND Gulf war veterans report more symptomatic ill-health than other military controls, and skin disease is one of the most frequent reasons for military personnel to seek medical care. AIM To compare the nature and prevalence of skin disease in UK Gulf veterans with non-Gulf veterans, and to assess whether skin disease is associated with disability. DESIGN Prospective case comparison...

Despite the scale of veteran homelessness and government-community initiatives to end homelessness among veterans, few studies have featured individual veteran accounts of experiencing homelessness. Here we track veterans' trajectories from military service to homelessness through qualitative, semistructured interviews with 17 post-9/11-era veterans. Our objective was to examine how veterans be...

OBJECTIVE To review the clinical findings in the first 1000 veterans seen in the Ministry of Defence's Gulf war medical assessment programme to examine whether there was a particular illness related to service in the Gulf. DESIGN Case series of 1000 veterans who presented to the programme between 11 October 1993 and 24 February 1997. SUBJECTS Gulf war veterans. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Diagn...

The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) uses the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) SF-36 among beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed care programs, whereas the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has administered the Veterans version of the SF-36 for quality management purposes. The Veterans version is comparable to the MOS version for 6 of the 8 scales, ...