Spouse Abuse, Child Abuse, and Substance Abuse Among Army Facilities: Co-Occurrence, Correlations and Service Delivery Issues

Abstract

Few health and social issues within military or civilian populations have as far-reaching an impact as family violence and substance abuse. This study advances existing research by using the Army's unique data resources to simultaneously study three problems with known Co-occurrence: spouse abuse child abuse and substance abuse. By supporting the development of improved responses to troubled families findings from this study can potentially reduce mortality and morbidity among military personal and their family members and suggest enhanced strategies for nonmilitary service delivery systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA453955

Entities

People

  • Deborah A. Gibbs

Organizations

  • RTI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Child Abuse
  • Civilian Population
  • Data Analysis
  • Domestic Violence
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Population
  • Information Science
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Victims

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