Evaluation of a Family-Centered Prevention Intervention for Military Children and Families Facing Wartime Deployments

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ID11039331
AutoresPatricia Lester (0000-0003-4546-0417, Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), William R Saltzman (Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), Kirsten Woodward (Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), Dorie Glover (Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), Gregory A Leskin (0000-0002-5149-4958, Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), Brenda Bursch (0000-0002-6548-1891, Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), Robert S Pynoos (0000-0002-4438-1867, Center for Pain and the Brain), Robert Pynoos (Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), William Beardslee (Patricia Lester, William R. Saltzman, Dorie Glover, Gregory A. Leskin, Brenda Bursch, and Robert Pynoos are with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles. Kirsten Woodward is with the United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC. William Beardslee is with Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.), William R Beardslee (0000-0003-2248-3210, Center for Pain and the Brain)
Año2012
Volumen102
NúmeroS1
PáginasS48-S54
Fecha de publicación2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2010.300088
PMID22033756
PMCIDPMC3496435
OpenAlexW2126181492
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas37

Objectives. We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. Methods. We performed a secondary analysis of Families OverComing Under Stress program evaluation data that was collected between July 2008 and February 2010 at 11 military installations in the United States and Japan. We present data at baseline for 488 unique families (742 parents and 873 children) and pre–post outcomes for 331 families. Results. Family members reported high levels of satisfaction with the program and positive impact on parent–child indicators. Psychological distress levels were elevated for service members, civilian parents, and children at program entry compared with community norms. Change scores showed significant improvements across all measures for service member and civilian parents and their children (P Conclusions. Evaluation data provided preliminary support for a strength-based, trauma-informed military family prevention program to promote resiliency and mitigate the impact of wartime deployment stress

Combat stress reaction · Distress · Environmental health · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling) · Military personnel · Military service · Political science · Psychiatry · Service member · Software deployment · Clinical Psychology · Engineering · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Gerontology