Abstract

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

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.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Resource-Related Research Projects (R24)
Project #
5R24AG039343-02
Application #
8149904
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-ZIJ-1 (07))
Program Officer
Patmios, Georgeanne E
Project Start
2010-09-30
Project End
2015-08-31
Budget Start
2011-09-01
Budget End
2012-08-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$174,965
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Boston University
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
604483045
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02118

  Publications

Brady, Christopher B; Pless Kaiser, Anica; Spiro 3rd, Avron et al. (2018) Late-onset stress symptomatology (LOSS) scale - short form: development and validation. Aging Ment Health :1-9
Pless Kaiser, Anica; Kabat, Daniel H; Spiro 3rd, Avron et al. (2017) Women at war: The crucible of Vietnam. SSM Popul Health 3:236-244
Lee, Hyunyup; Aldwin, Carolyn M; Choun, Soyoung et al. (2017) Does combat exposure affect well-being in later life? The VA Normative Aging Study. Psychol Trauma 9:672-678
Cahana-Amitay, Dalia; Spiro 3rd, Avron; Sayers, Jesse T et al. (2016) How older adults use cognition in sentence-final word recognition. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 23:418-44
Pless Kaiser, Anica; Seligowski, Antonia; Spiro III, Avron et al. (2016) Health status and treatment-seeking stigma in older adults with trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. J Rehabil Res Dev 53:391-402
Spiro 3rd, Avron; Settersten, Richard A; Aldwin, Carolyn M (2016) Long-term Outcomes of Military Service in Aging and the Life Course: A Positive Re-envisioning. Gerontologist 56:5-13
Wang, Joyce M; Lee, Lewina O; Spiro 3rd, Avron (2015) Gender differences in the impact of warfare exposure on self-rated health. Womens Health Issues 25:35-41
King, Daniel W; King, Lynda A; Park, Crystal L et al. (2015) Positive Adjustment Among American Repatriated Prisoners of the Vietnam War: Modeling the Long-Term Effects of Captivity. Clin Psychol Sci 3:861-876
Han, Sohyun C; Castro, Frank; Lee, Lewina O et al. (2014) Military unit support, postdeployment social support, and PTSD symptoms among active duty and National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq. J Anxiety Disord 28:446-53
Lee, Lewina O; Prescott, Carol A (2014) Association of the catechol-O-methyltransferase val158met polymorphism and anxiety-related traits: a meta-analysis. Psychiatr Genet 24:52-69

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