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- Title
Postdeployment health care for returning OEF/OIF military personnel and their social networks: a qualitative approach.
- Authors
Finley EP; Zeber JE; Pugh MJ; Cantu G; Copeland LA; Parchman ML; Noel PH; Finley, Erin P; Zeber, John E; Pugh, Mary Jo V; Cantu, Gabriela; Copeland, Laurel A; Parchman, Michael L; Noel, Polly H
- Abstract
Little is known regarding the health care needs of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) deployed veterans seeking care outside of Veterans Affairs facilities. Responding to this gap, we conducted a mixed methods study of postdeployment health among veterans and members of their social networks in six community-based primary care clinics. A total of 347 patients completed a survey dealing with deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan (whether their own or that of a family member, friend, or coworker), and subsequent psychosocial and health problems. A subset of 52 participants responded to an open-ended question requesting additional information about experiences during and postdeployment. Content analysis of these responses revealed five overarching themes: connectedness, perceptions of conflict, consequences of deployment, health and treatment concerns, and respect and concern for service members/veterans. These data point to significant deployment-related disruptions in the well-being of service members and those in their broader social networks, with implications for defining service needs in community health settings.
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2010, Vol 175, Issue 12, p953
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
journal article