Scoping review: a needs-based assessment and community-based survey of ex-service personnel and their families in Scotland.

Klein, Susan; Alexander, David A.; Bussutil, Walter

Abstract

The deployment of the UK Armed Forces to Iraq and Afghanistan has engendered a broad political imperative and increased the academic interest in the health and wellbeing of both Service and ex-Service personnel. Each year in the UK, approximately 25,000 men and women leave the UK Armed Forces (Fletcher, 2007) and return to civilian life for a miscellany of reasons and in a variety of different circumstances including medical discharge (Iversen et al, 2005). Whilst some have completed lengthy terms of service, over 5 million individuals have served at least one day in the Armed Forces (in accordance with the broadest definition of a ―Veteran‖). Currently, however, the average length of military service is four years.

Citation

KLEIN, S., ALEXANDER, D. A. and BUSUTTIL, W. 2012. Scoping review: a needs-based assessment and community-based survey of ex-service personnel and their families in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. [online]. Available from: https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0041/00417172.pdf

• Report Type: Research Report
• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2012
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2012
• Deposit Date: Aug 26, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 26, 2014
• Publisher: Scottish Government
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1040
• Publisher URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00417172.pdf