Evaluation of a family-centered prevention intervention for military children and families facing wartime deployments

We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. We performed a secondary analysis of Families OverComing Under Stress program evalu...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2012-03, Vol.102 Suppl 1 (S1), p.S48-S54
Main Authors: Lester, Patricia, Saltzman, William R, Woodward, Kirsten, Glover, Dorie, Leskin, Gregory A, Bursch, Brenda, Pynoos, Robert, Beardslee, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment
Adolescent
Anxiety
Armed forces
Behavior
Checklist
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Clinical trials
Communication
Coping
Families & family life
Family - psychology
Female
Gender
Health services
Humans
Internet
Intervention
Japan
Linear Models
Male
Mental depression
Mental health
Military deployment
Military personnel
Military Personnel - psychology
Parents & parenting
Post traumatic stress disorder
Prevention programs
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Public health
Research and Practice
Severity of Illness Index
Statistics, Nonparametric
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Trauma
Treatment Outcome
United States
Warfare
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Summary:We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. We performed a secondary analysis of Families OverComing Under Stress program evaluation data that was collected between July 2008 and February 2010 at 11 military installations in the United States and Japan. We present data at baseline for 488 unique families (742 parents and 873 children) and pre-post outcomes for 331 families. Family members reported high levels of satisfaction with the program and positive impact on parent-child indicators. Psychological distress levels were elevated for service members, civilian parents, and children at program entry compared with community norms. Change scores showed significant improvements across all measures for service member and civilian parents and their children (P < .001). Evaluation data provided preliminary support for a strength-based, trauma-informed military family prevention program to promote resiliency and mitigate the impact of wartime deployment stress.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300088