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‘It’s nice to just be you’: The influence of the employment experiences of UK military spouses during accompanied postings on well-being

Authors: Nicola T. Fear, Laura Goodwin, Rachael Gribble, Sian Oram
Repeated military relocations (accompanied postings) can have a detrimental effect on employment and well-being among the spouses and partners of military personnel. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 19 spouses of British Army/Royal Air Force personnel with recent experience of…
Date of Publication: April 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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DSC Focus On: UK Armed Forces Charities – Sector Trends

Authors: Stuart Cole, Rhiannon Doherty, Anthony Robson
The charity sector is neither static nor homogeneous. Charities come and go as beneficiary needs change, economic and social pressures shift, and public support peaks and dwindles. Charities which serve the armed forces community are no exception to the changing…
Date of Publication: March 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Survey Snapshot: Benefits and Challenges of Dispersed Living

Authors: Tor Johnson, Nick Crouch
The RAF Families Federation’s Dispersed Families Project is an initiative funded by the Chancellor using LIBOR funds, and aims to improve understanding of the lived experience of dispersed families in the Royal Air Force. A series of online surveys for…
Date of Publication: February 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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The effect of non-operational family separations on family functioning and well-being among Royal Navy/Royal Marines families

Authors: Nicola T. Fear, Rachael Gribble
Military families can experience a variety of different separations due to the occupational demands of Service personnel. The most prominent of these is the deployment of personnel on operational and combat missions. Previous international research has demonstrated how separations related…
Date of Publication: February 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Marriage and divorce after military deployment to Afghanistan: A matched cohort study from Sweden

Authors: C. M. Pethrus, J. Reutfors, K. Johansson, K. Neovius, G. Bruze, J. Södering, Martin Neovius
To investigate the probability of marriage and divorce among Swedish military veterans deployed to Afghanistan relative to non-deployed matched comparators. Military veterans were identified through Swedish military personnel registers regarding foreign deployments, and comparators from the Military Service Conscription Register…
Date of Publication: February 2019
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Benefit Not Burden (UK)

Authors: Shared Intelligence, National Centre for Social Research
The Armed Forces covenant is a promise by the nation to ensure that people who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly. It focuses on ensuring members of the Armed Forces community do…
Date of Publication: January 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Improving Delivery of the UK’s Armed Forces Covenant: How can organisations more effectively implement the Armed Forces Covenant across the UK in support of everyone in the Armed Forces Community?

Authors: Rand Europe
The Covenant is an important policy mechanism designed to ensure that the Armed Forces Community does not suffer a disadvantage as a result of a person’s or their family member’s service in the Armed Forces, and as such it covers…
Date of Publication: January 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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AFF Big Survey – New allocation & maintenance contract

Authors: Army Families Federation
Key findings 1. Families want to be able to manage living in SFA online. 2. Additional and accurate information is needed, especially when applying for housing. 3. Families want efficient and effective repairs, managed through a modern system. 4. Houses…
Date of Publication: January 2019
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Loneliness and social isolation of military veterans: systematic narrative review

Authors: M. Hill, G. Wilson, Matthew Kiernan
Loneliness and social isolation are being increasingly recognized as influencing both physical and mental health. There is limited research carried out with military veterans and, to date, there is no review of existing evidence. To synthesize and examine the evidence…
Date of Publication: December 2018
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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