Accession Number:
ADA454789
Title:
Innovative Surveillance and Risk Reduction Systems for Family Maltreatment, Suicidality, and Substance Problems in the USAF
Descriptive Note:
Annual rept. 1 Mar 2005-28 Feb 2006
Corporate Author:
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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Report Date:
2006-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
11.0
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 alcoholdrug 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 AFs 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.
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Subject Categories:
- Humanities and History
- Stress Physiology