Research on Military/Veteran Families /

The mission of Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is “to provide exemplary, client-centred services and benefits that respond to the needs of Veterans, other clients and their families, in recognition of their services to Canada; and to keep the memory of their achievements and sacrifices alive for all Canadians.” Recognizing the lack of research on Veteran families in Canada, the VAC Research Director [...] The reviewed international population health studies included findings on the impacts of deployments among the families of both serving members and Veterans, geographical moves on the children of serving members and caregiving on families of members and Veterans. [...] Much of the work to date has focused on the United States military experience following the massive deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and has considered the areas of spousal employment and income and the effects the deployment of a parent can have on a family. [...] Sudom and Dursun (2006), through focus groups and interviews with military service providers and supervisors, identified a number of problems and issues affecting military families including family violence, which was the subject of one of the main research questions, and groups perceived to be more likely to experience problems. [...] In recognition of the increasing tempo of operations in CAF, Sudom and Eyvindson (2008) reviewed the literature on the impacts of deployment on military personnel and their families.