A major focus of the mission of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to respond to the needs of military personnel returning from war. Given the broad spectrum of the potential effects of combat deployment on the health and well being of service members, VA is increasingly oriented toward comprehensive postcombat support, health promotion, disease prevention, and proactive approaches to caring for combat veterans. This article briefly summarizes the health care needs of service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, describes VA's approaches to addressing their needs, and outlines VA's evolving vision for how to apply principles of population health management to ensure prompt and effective response to the postdeployment need...
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Li...
Context: The US Armed Forces are experiencing a greatly increased operational tempo due to ongoing m...
After more than a decade of war, the US military continues to place significant emphasis on psycholo...
nel have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. To date, roughly 1.44 million have separated from the mil...
Since September 11, 2001, 2.4 million military personnel have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. To d...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress...
The purpose of this study was to examine the health and health care needs of veterans who were in ac...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As of th...
This book surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Wester...
Military personnel are exposed to unique environmental hazards and psychological stressors during th...
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2017.1403739Th...
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom are the largest sustained ground combat missi...
Millions of military Veterans live in the United States (U.S.), with service spanning decades of glo...
As a nation, we are well on the way to a full decade since the devastating events that occurred on S...
The soldiers of the United States devote their lives, families, and careers in order to ensure our l...
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Li...
Context: The US Armed Forces are experiencing a greatly increased operational tempo due to ongoing m...
After more than a decade of war, the US military continues to place significant emphasis on psycholo...
nel have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. To date, roughly 1.44 million have separated from the mil...
Since September 11, 2001, 2.4 million military personnel have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. To d...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress...
The purpose of this study was to examine the health and health care needs of veterans who were in ac...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As of th...
This book surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Wester...
Military personnel are exposed to unique environmental hazards and psychological stressors during th...
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2017.1403739Th...
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom are the largest sustained ground combat missi...
Millions of military Veterans live in the United States (U.S.), with service spanning decades of glo...
As a nation, we are well on the way to a full decade since the devastating events that occurred on S...
The soldiers of the United States devote their lives, families, and careers in order to ensure our l...
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Li...
Context: The US Armed Forces are experiencing a greatly increased operational tempo due to ongoing m...
After more than a decade of war, the US military continues to place significant emphasis on psycholo...