CIMVHR Virtual Forum 2021
The CIMVHR Virtual Forum starts this week on the 29th September. This Forum boasts an impressive selection of speakers, giving you an excellent opportunity to hear from experts in the …
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CIMVHR Annual Report 2019/2020 Now Available
This year CIMVHR have produced a web-based annual report, in which the team share their achievements of the past year. The report includes detail on six areas; research, relationships, impact, …
CIMVHR – New Funding Opportunity
CIMVHR is pleased to announce a new research opportunity. The Institute is seeking a researcher or research team from one of our member universities to conduct the following research project: …
CIMVHR Annual Report 2018/2019
This report gives an overview of the work of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research.
Loneliness is closely associated with depression outcomes and suicidal ideation among military veterans in primary care
An article which examines the relationship between social connectedness and depression.
Exploring cross-lagged associations between spiritual struggles and risk for suicidal behavior in a community sample of military veterans
An article which examines the link between religious faith and/ or spirituality with the risk for suicidal behaviour.
Male partner reproductive coercion among women veterans
An article which examines male partner attempts to promote pregnancy amongst their female partners, who are veterans.
Is prevention better than cure? A systematic review of the effectiveness of well-being interventions for military personnel adjusting to civilian life
This review examines the effectiveness of well-being interventions used with military personnel.
After Deschamps: men, masculinities, and the Canadian Armed Forces
This article explores the ways in which military masculinities and femininities are performed in the Canadian Armed Forces, taking into consideration the way in which sexual harassment and its related …
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Report of the 2016 Mental Health Expert Panel on suicide prevention in the Canadian Armed Forces
This article reviews evidence and best practices for suicide prevention in civilian and military populations, as discussed in an expert panel convened for suicide prevention.
Measuring the psychophysiological changes in combat Veterans participating in an equine therapy program
This article examines the impact on the mental health of veterans participating in equine therapy.
Breast cancer screening and outcomes: an ecological study of county-level female Veteran population density and social vulnerability
This article explores the vulnerability of the female veteran population to breast cancer risk factors.
Protecting the hearing-impaired worker: speech understanding with electronic hearing protection devices
This article explores hearing loss and protection, taking note that military occupations can involve working in noisy environments. The article focuses on the impact of using a hearing protection device …
Factors associated with work satisfaction among Veterans
This article examines the factors contributing to work satisfaction among Canadian veterans who have transitioned to civilian live after service.
Association between social support and mental health conditions in treatment-seeking Veterans and Canadian Armed Forces personnel
This article explores the relationship between social support and mental health conditions, in relation to veterans and military personnel who are seeking treatment. The article seeks to establish whether the …
PTSD vs. moral injury: a scoping review
This graphic explores the relationship between post traumatic stress disorder and moral injury. It is based on a scoping review of the literature on the two themes and offers new …
Gender in Veteran reintegration and transition: a scoping review
This article presents the results of a scoping review of Canadian and international literature on gender and Veteran reintegration and transition.
Chilcot: physical and mental legacy of Iraq war on UK service personnel
This editorial lays out the long-term physical and mental impact of the Iraq war on those who served.
Systematic review of mental health disorders and intimate partner violence victimisation among military populations
This review considers the literature that explores the link between intimate partner violence and mental health disorders, within the military population.
Factors Concerning Veterans With Dementia, Their Caregivers, and Coordination of Care: A Systematic Literature Review
This systematic literature review explores care and care giving in relation to veterans with dementia. The review aims to identify opportunities available to increase public awareness on dementia in military …
Determinants of successful transition literature review
A literature review which examines Canadian peer-reviewed research from both academic and government sources about transition from military to civilian life.
Breast cancer screening and outcomes: an ecological study of county-level female Veteran population density and social vulnerability
This study examines the relationships between nationally representative county-level breast cancer outcomes, mammography screening rates, female veteran population density, and social vulnerability.
Psychological strategies of Veterans and service members who participate in organized sports
This study examines the performance strategies of service members and veterans who participated in the warrior games.
Preliminary trial of an online acceptance-based behavioural treatment for military, police, and Veterans with chronic pain
A study which examines the effectiveness of an online acceptance-based behavioural treatment of chronic pain amongst the veteran cohort in Canada.
Physical health status of homeless Veterans in Canada: a cross-sectional study
A cross-sectional study which examines the health status of homeless veterans in Canada.
Experiences of children exposed to parental post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in military and veteran families : a systematic review protocol
A review undertaken to understand how parental PTSD might impact children growing up in military and veteran families.
Addressing the knowledge gap: sexual violence and harassment in the UK Armed Forces
Sexual violence in the military is increasingly seen in the media, from online news to TV documentaries. Despite this there is very little published research available in the UK that …
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Longitudinal Changes in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Veterans With Hazardous Alcohol Use: The Role of Avoidance Coping
Military personnel who have experienced combat trauma are at risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A greater recognition of the complex array of vulnerability factors that contribute to PTSD …
Typologies of adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to incarceration in U.S. military veterans
This study examines the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and negative outcomes in adulthood that lead to the incarceration of military veterans. The results have implications for the help …
Parenting Behaviors and PTSD Symptoms Predict Child Psychosocial Problems and Parenting Satisfaction in a Sample of U.S. Veterans and Service Members
This article examines whether it is PTSD symptoms, parenting behaviors, or both that best explain two components of parent-child functioning: parenting satisfaction and parent-reported child psychosocial problems. Results indicated that …
Reaching Concerned Partners of Heavy Drinking Service Members and Veterans through Facebook
This article discusses how the authors used a Facebook ad campaign to successfully recruit military spouses who were concerned about their service member or veteran partner’s drinking behaviors.
Suicide ideation, anxiety, and depression: Are children a protective factor for male Veterans?
This article examines how family factors, such as parenthood status, may serve as a protective factor against mental health issues which plague military veterans such as anxiety and depressive disorders, which …
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans’ Experiences Living with their Parents after Separation from the Military
This article explores the little-researched area of veterans returning to live with their parents for a duration of time on leaving the military. The research this article discusses considers how …
Women service members, veterans, and their families: What we know now
This article highlights what is known about female service members, veterans and their families, and explores issues specific to females serving and who have served in the military. This article …
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Ageing, limb-loss, and military veterans: A systematic review of the literature
This article reviews current literature and knowledge regarding the impact of ageing and limb-loss on military veterans.
Family-Centered Care for Military and Veteran Families Affected by Combat Injury
This article draws attention to approaches to care for military and veteran families that are family-centred and consider the vulnerabilities and needs of the whole family.
Treating Veterans and Military Families: Evidence Based Practices and Training Needs Among Community Clinicians
This article explores the provision of evidence-based services, through community providers, for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article is based on the findings of a regional, web-based survey, which sought …
Caring for the Veteran, military and family member, nursing competencies: strategies for integrating content into nursing school curricula
This paper argues that nursing care is an essential part of the care veterans receive and furthermore, providers of nursing care must understand the uniqueness of military culture. Nursing curricula …
Public opinion of the Armed Forces in Canada, U.K. and the U.S.
This infographic explores public opinion of the Armed Forces in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., and brings together results from a survey.
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Veterans’ In-home Program for Military Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Families: Report on Impact for Family Members
This article examines the challenges of traumatic brain injury (TBI) for families as well as for patients. Few intervention studies have considered both the needs of the person with TBI …
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Use Among Active-Duty Military Personnel, Veterans, and Reservists
This article examines Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use by military service status: active-duty personnel, recent veterans, long-term veterans, and reserve/guard members.
A model of military to civilian transition: Bourdieu in action
This article builds on work from a previous paper that uses the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu to develop a theoretical framework for military to civilian transition (MCT). This paper introduces …
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A Life-span Perspective on Combat Exposure and PTSD Symptoms in Later Life: Findings From the VA Normative Aging Study
This article considers a life-span model of combat exposure on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in later life, examining the direct and indirect effects of prewar, warzone, and postwar factors …
The Health and Wellbeing Needs of Veterans: A Rapid Review
This is a systematic review which examines the academic literature produced on the health and wellbeing needs of veterans. 21 systematic reviews were included in the study which highlighted the importance …
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The Feasibility of a Web Intervention for Military and Veteran Spouses Concerned about their Partner’s Alcohol Misuse
Concerned Partners (CPs) of serving or retired personnel with alcohol misuse face barriers when seeking help for their loved ones. The authors adapted the Community Reinforcement and Family Training Intervention …
Describing the profile of a population of UK veterans seeking support for mental health difficulties
There is compelling evidence that indicates a higher prevalence of health issues among service personnel compared to the general public. For example, prevalence rates of substance misuse in veterans appear …
Financial Dereliction of Duty: Are Charities That Aid Servicemen and Veterans Systematically Mismanaged?
This article examines allegations of the mismanagement of millions of dollars by military and veterans charities. This mismanagement allegedly cheats veterans and military members, their families, donors, grantors, and other …
Homeless Veterans of the Mil-Volunteer Force: A Social Selection Perspective
This article explores whether, in addition to their higher risk of becoming homeless, veterans also have longer spells of homelessness than non-veterans.
Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health Problems Among Active and Reserve Component Soldiers Returning From the IraqWar
This report reviews the mental health responses of the first cohort of US soldiers to complete both the Post-Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA) and the new Post-Deployment Health Re-Assessment (PDHRA) after …
Military-related PTSD and intimate relationships: From description to theory-driven research and intervention development
This article highlights the need for more theoretically-driven research that can account for the likely reciprocally causal association between PTSD and intimate relationship problems to advance understanding and inform prevention …
Resilience Training, Stories, and Health
This article examines how resilience and peer support through the creative arts can contribute to the mental health of Veterans and their families.
A Scoping Review on Heterogeneity in Rehabilitation Research: Implications for Return to Duty in a Military Population
Population diversity is commonly encountered in rehabilitation research. Understanding the effect of this in rehabilitation research is important, since varying conditions can influence clinical outcomes. This review explores these issues …
The Experiential Learning for Veterans in Assistive Technology and Engineering (ELeVATE) Program
This report reviews the ELeVATE program which aims to increase the enrollment, retention, eventual graduation at the college level, and career success of wounded, injured, and ill Veterans in engineering …
Prevalence of Hearing Problems among Canadian Armed Forces Veterans: Life After Service Studies
This study examines the topic of hearing problems among the Canadian Armed Forces Veterans.
Family/household characteristics and positive mental health of Canadian military members: mediation through social support
This research explores the relationship between positive mental health (PMH) and factors relating to family and household, and social support within this context.
The Impact of Military Life on the Well-being of Children in Single-parent Military Families
This article examines how the impact of military life can affect the well-being of children living in single-parent military families in Canada.
Coming home: the experiences and implication of reintegration for military families
Military families are known for their resiliency, but even this is challenged as they experience multiple and lengthy deployment cycles. This study considers the factors that affect reintegration on returning …
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Children’s positive experiences growing up in Canadian military households
This study explores the experiences of children who grow up in Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) families. The challenges of this upbringing for children are well documented. This study, on the …
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Measures of spirituality for use in military contexts: a scoping review
This review aims to identify assessments that have the potential to measure spiritual fitness to be used in a military context. It is the first step in the process of …
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Impact of a Housing First intervention on homeless Veterans with mental illness: a Canadian multisite randomized controlled trial
In Canada, estimates are that one in four Veterans may struggle to adjust to the transition from military life to civilian life. In a Canadian survey, 25% of Veteran respondents …
Leading change in Canadian military medicine: determinants of success, 1685-2016
This research explores wider issues of health and military medicine in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). A renewed emphasis upon force health protection is imperative for the CAF, whether on deployment …
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Music in theatre and post-deployment: re-evaluating the therapeutic benefits of sound
This article explores how music might help Canadian veterans manage the pressures associated with deployment and cope with psychologically-based operational stress injuries.
Far-forward surgery in the modern battlespace
This research explores surgical techniques used in the modern battlespace, in particular with regards to damage-control surgery and resuscitation. It furthermore investigates solutions to improve these surgical procedures. This research …
Comparison of different types of hearing protection devices for use during weapons firing
Hearing loss in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is a problem that has not lessened over the years. The cost of claims for hearing loss borne by Veterans Affairs Canada …
Do DSM-5 changes to PTSD symptom cluster criteria alter the frequency of probable PTSD when screening treatment-seeking Canadian Forces members and Veterans?
This article examines the frequency of positive screening results for probable PTSD in treatment-seeking Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel and Veterans when both DSM-5 and DSM-IV-TR symptom cluster criteria were applied.
Cannabis use among Canadian Armed Forces Veterans
This research examines the reasons for and effect of cannabis use in veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life: the Role of Mastery and Social Support
A survey was sent to all recently released Canadian Armed Forces members to examine their military to civilian transition experience and what resources are needed to ensure a successful transition. …
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Functional rehabilitation criteria required for a safe return to active duty in military personnel following a musculoskeletal injury: a scoping review
This article assesses the types of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries commonly affecting military personnel and the outcome measures that may be used to predict a safe return to active duty post-injury.
Are military personnel with a past history of mental health care more vulnerable to the negative psychological effects of combat?
This research questions whether military personnel with past mental health problems are more vulnerable to the effects of combat.
Remediation of Intrusive Symptoms of PTSD in Fewer than Five Sessions: A 30-person Pre-pilot Study of the RTM Protocol
This report provides an overview of The Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) Protocol, which is a brief non-traumatizing intervention for the intrusive symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Use of the CAREN system as a treatment adjunct for Canadian Armed Forces members with chronic non-specific low back pain: a pilot study
A discussion about using the CAREN system to treat Canadian Armed Forces with non-specific lower back pain.
The Psycho Therapeutic Mapping of a Soldier’s Suffering: A Narrative Analysis of the Grimms’ “Bearskin”
This article uses Grimms’ ‘Bearskin’ to explain the process for soldiers returning home from combat and how to integrate a warring spirit during peacetime.
Military Ethics and Well-being: A Soldier’s Journey
This article examines how the soldier can overcome the moral values associated with the combat theater in order to reintegrate themselves into civilian society which holds a different set of …
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Cognitive performance improvement in Canadian Armed Forces personnel during deployment
This study provides information about brain function in troops before and after deployment. The study explores concepts such as resilience, what it means within the military context, as well as …
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Flash to bang: psychological trauma, veterans and military families: can services cope?
This research explores psychological trauma in the veteran community and service provision. This article questions whether there is adequate service provision to meet the needs of service families where the …
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Civilian Social Work: Serving the Military and Veteran Populations
This article describes some of the current challenges facing military and veteran clients and their families, highlighting opportunities for civilian social workers to address these challenges. Military service members and …
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Post-traumatic growth among the UK veterans following treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder
This study considers the presence of post-traumatic growth following exposure to traumatic events within a sample of the UK veterans following their treatment for PTSD.
The Lived Experience of Caring for an Australian Military Veteran With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This paper examines the experiences of 20 female partners of male veterans diagnosed with PTSD in Australia.
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Veterans’ In-home Program for Military Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Families: Report on Impact for Family Members
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a major public health problem in civilian and military populations, affects about 5.3 million people in the U.S. and up to 23% of U.S. soldiers returning …
Making Military Families in Canada a Research Priority
This article calls for greater research effort on the topic of Canadian military families.
Fast facts on Veterans’ transition experiences
The Life After Service Studies (LASS) program of research helps to further the understanding of the transition from military to civilian life, and ultimately improve the health of Veterans. This …
Functional rehabilitation criteria required for a safe return to active duty in military personnel following a musculoskeletal injury: a scoping review
This research assesses the types of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries commonly affecting military personnel and the outcome measures that may be used to predict a safe return to active duty post-injury.