Improving Resiliency in U.S. Air Force Healthcare Personnel: A Randomized Preventive Trial.

Introduction: The effectiveness of the Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) with U.S. military personnel has not been reported in the literature.

Isolated Voices: Perspectives of Teachers, School Nurses, and Administrators Regarding Implementation of Sexual Health Education Policy.

Background: Comprehensive sexual health education (SHE) reduces risky sexual behavior and increases protective behavior in adolescents. It is important to understand how professionals responsible for implementing SHE policy interpret state and local policy and what influences their commitment to formal SHE policy implementation.

Methods: This descriptive study explored content and delivery of SHE policy in a rural, southwestern state with high levels of poverty, unintended adolescent pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections.

New Mexico Nurse-Midwives' Controlled Substance Prescribing and Monitoring Practices.

Introduction: New Mexico, a state with a high incidence of opioid overdose deaths, requires certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) who prescribe controlled substances to use the statewide Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). This study examined how frequently CNMs who practice in New Mexico and prescribe controlled substances use the PMP and the purposes for which they use it.

Methods: All CNMs licensed in New Mexico (N = 210) were sent a link to an anonymous online survey.

Treatment-Seeking Beliefs and Behaviors in Air Force Nursing Personnel.

Introduction: Perceptions of stigma and barriers associated with seeking mental health services have been described in past research with military service members who reported or screened positively for mental health concerns or who reported an intention to seek care. The reported influence of stronger perceptions of stigma on treatment seeking has varied.

Materials And Methods: An anonymous, online survey was administered to Air Force nursing personnel (N = 250) at three locations to describe beliefs associated with seeking mental health treatment and to investigate the extent to which stigma and barriers, stress, and resilience were related to mental health treatment seeking.

Building academic-military research collaborations to improve the health of service members.

Background: Academic-military research collaborations are desirable for many reasons; however, little guidance in the literature exists to help researchers understand collaboration requirements.

Purpose: To describe the process for establishing academic-military research collaborations.

Method: Specific collaboration requirements researchers must be aware of are outlined, two case studies are provided, and opportunities for and challenges with collaborations are discussed.