Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
Repatriation In early 1917, even before victory was assured, Prime Minister ‘Billy’ Hughes promised the country’s armed forces that ‘When you come back we will look after you’. Repatriation or…
Commander Neil Westphalen, Royal Australian Navy 23 November 2018 Dear Sir, The July 2018 JMVH article regarding paramedics in the Australian Defence Force (ADF)1 requires further elaboration regarding its scope…
Purpose: To evaluate military personnel’s self-rated perceptions of their knowledge, experience and training after high-fidelity battle injury simulation. Design: 26 military medical personnel participated in this quantitative study. Data was…
Background: This preliminary study offers the first health-related assessment of United States (US) immigrant veterans, who comprise a population of more than 500 000. It builds upon research showing that…
Background: Injury prevention contributes to the improvement of basic military training graduation rates. Purpose: To obtain an estimated effect of agility training (AT) on body control, change of direction speed…
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spent US$64.7 billion in FY2016 on disability compensation for US Veterans of all eras with service-connected conditions – 37.5% (US$24.4 billion) was spent…
Background: Veterans frequently report barriers to accessing and adhering to first-line treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Online delivery of an evidence-based intervention by a peer-developed program may aid in…
Purpose More than a century after its establishment, many Royal Australian Navy (RAN) uniforms and ranks still reflect those used by the (British) Royal Navy (RN). Previous articles have described…
Haemorrhage control for traumatised soldiers takes place at many levels, from the point of injury through resuscitation and reception into surgical facilities, and postoperatively to intensive care units where normalisation…
Keywords: camino de santiago, mental health, pilgrimage, veterans’ health Preface This article is based on the Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Award winning presentation delivered at the annual conference of the…
