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What Do You Do With Your Time?
No full textWhat if we were tasked with making a difference, so that our time on this planet leaves it better than we found it? Rimanoczy has researched leaders who champion initiatives that have made a positive impact on the world, hoping to find ways to actively develop a new generation of responsible, purposeful leaders. The surprise: the solution is about the knowing, the being, and the doing. It is about connecting head with heart and hands, and connecting spiritual and emotional intelligence with action.https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tedxnsu/1020/thumbnail.jp
Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Post-9/11 Era Veterans
No full textThis article was originally published in Armed Forces & Society, 0(0), OnlineFirst. © The Author(s) 2024, Article Reuse Guidelines https://sagepub.com/journals-permissions. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X241259080.
Authors’ Note
R.P.R. is a military service member or employee of the U.S. Government. This work was prepared as part of his official duties. Title 17, U.S.C. §105 provides that copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the U.S. Government. Title 17, U.S.C. §101 defines a U.S. Government work as work prepared by a military service member or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties. Report Number 21–73 was supported by the Military Operational Medicine Research Program, Defense Health Program, and Veterans Affairs under work unit no. 60002. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government.This study examined the associations between a broad range of individual characteristics and homelessness among 49,323 post-9/11 era Veterans. Questions concerning the roles of premilitary, military and post military factors in Veteran’s vulnerability to homelessness have persisted despite the considerable attention given to Veteran homelessness, and has highlighted the absence of longitudinal studies that could contribute to the empirical understanding of risk and protective factors among this population. The Veterans in this study group completed Millennium Cohort Study surveys during their military service and subsequently, when they transitioned back to civilian life. Among these Veterans, 1,071 (2.2%) reported becoming homeless after separating from the military. Results from multivariate models provide limited empirical support for direct links between aspects of military service and homelessness that are widely used to explain why Veterans become homeless. Instead, many risk factors for homelessness found here mirror risk factors among the general population. We also find a persistent association between sexual orientation and risk for homelessness, and decreased risk for homelessness among female Veterans. These findings challenge popular conceptions of why Veterans become homeless and contribute to understanding the dynamics of becoming homeless among this current Veteran cohort.S.M. acknowledges institutional support from the National Center for Homelessness Among Veterans at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to the authors, the Millennium Cohort Study team includes Anna L. Baccetti, MPH; Wisam Z. Barkho, MS; Jennifer N. Belding, PhD; Satbir K. Boparai, MBA; Felicia R. Carey, PhD; Nathan C. Carnes, PhD; Sheila F Castaneda, PhD; Rebecca A. Consigli; Toni Rose Geronimo-Hara, MPH; Judith Harbertson, PhD, MPH; Beverly D. Sheppard; Yohannes Haile, MS; Lauren E. Jackson; Isabel G. Jacobson, MPH; Claire K. Kolaja, MPH; Cynthia A. LeardMann, MPH; Crystal L. Lewis, Ed.D; Jacqueline M. Peretti, MD; Erin L. Richard PhD, MPH; Anna C. Rivera, MPH; Rudolph P. Rull, PhD, MPH; Neika Sharifian, PhD; Karen Tannenbaum, MA; Daniel W. Trone, PhD; Javier Villalobos Jr., MS; Jennifer L. Walstrom; Yunnuo Zhu, MPH. The authors also appreciate contributions from the Deployment Health Research Department and Leidos, Inc. We greatly appreciate the contributions of the Millennium Cohort Study participants.
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