Innovative Surveillance and Risk Reduction Systems for Family Maltreatment, Suicidality, and Substance Problems in the USAF
Abstract
This project aims to enhance the capacity of the Air Force (AF) to reduce death injury and degraded force readiness via reduction of the prevalence and impact of family maltreatment suicidality and alcohol/drug problems. Managing risk and increasing resilience in military human resources (i.e. "Force Health Protection") is a top priority for DoD and Armed Forces leadership. The objective of this study is to enhance the AF's current prevention delivery (known as the Integrated Delivery System; IDS) infrastructure through (a) development and validation of an information system needed to direct prevention efforts more effectively and efficiently; (b) adoption of a prevention-science- based approach; and (c) evaluation of its effectiveness. When funded the proposed project was broken into two phases. This first phase is a demonstration project on which to build a randomized trial. This project includes: (a) pilot testing the development of an innovative surveillance system and validating its accuracy (at 3 AF bases) for family maltreatment suicidality and problematic alcohol and drug use and (b) pilot testing the creation of an enhanced IDS by training community leaders in prevention-science-based intervention methodology and testing the impact on factors that are prerequisites for effective community prevention initiatives and on targeted outcomes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA454789
Entities
People
- Amy M Smith Slep
- Richard E Heyman
Organizations
- State University of New York