Bereaved UK military families: A mixed methods study on the provision of practical and emotional support.

Traumatic deaths of military personnel can have tragic consequences for the lives and health of bereaved significant others. To mitigate the effects, the UK Armed Forces enhanced the support for bereaved military families. However, little is known about whether the support has been satisfactory.

Engaging veterans in the research process: a practical guide.

Provide guidance for engaging military veterans in various research teams to help overcome veterans' lack of trust in research. We draw from our combined experience to present four case studies of veteran research on sensitive topics to illustrate successful engagement with veterans. For each case example, we describe veterans' contributions at different phases of research.

Developing an Integrated Model of Care for Veterans with Alcohol Problems.

Introduction: Veterans often do not present with alcohol problems in isolation, they may have a wide range of social, physical, and psychological needs. The aim of this study was to facilitate the development of a co-designed integrated model of care for veterans with alcohol problems.

Methods: Following the development model by the Agency for Clinical Innovation, a planning symposium was held in North East of England to engage health and social care planners, public health leads, clinical commissioning groups and providers.

Housing Needs of Ageing Veterans Who Have Experienced Limb Loss.

Military veterans can experience limb loss as a direct result of conflict, an accident, illness or injury. Whatever the cause, there is a need to recognise the long-term consequences and challenges of limb loss on maintaining independence in one's home. This study aimed to examine the housing needs of veterans experiencing limb loss, and the impact of limb loss on housing needs and home adaptations of ageing military veterans.

Rehabilitation and transition in military veterans after limb-loss.

Purpose: This study aims to explore the physical, psychological and social wellbeing of veterans who have experienced limb-loss and to ascertain the factors that contribute to the ability of veterans to maintain their independence at various stages in their lives.

Methods: Sixty two life-story interviews were conducted with 32 veterans (aged between 40 and 95) who had experienced limb-loss either during or after military service.

Results: Three overarching superordinate themes and related sub-themes were generated from a detailed Framework Analysis " describes issues related to employment, legal support and compensation, stigma and loss of identity.

Utilisation of the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant in NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups across England: a freedom of information investigation.

Objectives: To determine the extent to which National Health Service (NHS) service providers appoint a named Armed Forces veteran lead or champion, and to explore the commissioning of veteran-specific services by Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Design: A convergent mixed method design was used to improve understanding obtained from the information provided by respondents on their practice. The study comprised two parts: phase 1 involved NHS Trusts, and phase 2 involved Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Resisting decline? Narratives of independence among aging limbless veterans.

'Maintaining independence' is a core project for many older people; a project which has received critical attention within aging studies. In this paper, we extend the critique by exploring how aging intersects with disability and militarism as additional critical subjectivities. The empirical focus of the paper is the narratives of older military veterans who had lost a limb either during or post-service.

Are veterans different? Understanding veterans' help-seeking behaviour for alcohol problems.

Alcohol misuse in the United Kingdom's veteran community is not an isolated phenomenon. Internationally, alcohol and wider substance misuse would appear to be an historic and current global issue within veteran communities. Although research has been undertaken both in the United Kingdom and the United States into why veterans are reluctant to seek help for mental health problems, little is understood as to why veterans encounter difficulties in engaging with treatment for alcohol misuse.

Application of a new resource-constrained triage method to military-age victims.

Objective: Evaluate the resource-constrained, evidence-based, and outcome-driven Sacco Triage method (STM) for military-age victims of blunt, penetrating, and blast overpressure-like trauma.

Methods: STM is based on a mathematical model of resource-constrained triage. Its objective is to maximize expected survivors given constraints on transport and treatment resources.