| Autor: |
Cody C. Stewart, Baraka Muvuka, Will Hutwagner, Hunter McCollum, William K. Dyer, Elizabeth R. Ryan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Regional Medical Campuses, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2576-5558 |
| DOI: |
10.24926/jrmc.v6i3.5157 |
| Popis: |
Introduction Military Veterans disproportionately experience mental health issues due to unique service-related experiences. Peer and social support interventions have shown promise in improving Veterans’ mental health alongside clinical mental health interventions yet there are limited studies on Veteran-designed and Veteran–led peer or social support interventions. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of Veterans participating in an innovative Veteran-designed and Veteran-led peer and social support program. It was a preliminary study in a long-term Community Based Participatory Research partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest regional campus and Operation Combat Bikesaver (OCB). Methods This mixed methods study utilized a limited dataset from pre-and-post-session surveys collected by OCB between September 2019 and August 2021. We examined pre-post differences in participants’ self-rated “feelings” (i.e., emotional state) with the following independent variables through Linear Mixed Models in SPSS: OCB location, OCB event attended, day of the week, time of day, duration of attendance, frequency of attendance, and social assistance. We analyzed participants’ qualitative OCB experiences using inductive thematic analysis in Dedoose. This study was reviewed and exempted by The Indiana University Human Research Protection Program (Protocol # 12499) on August 16, 2021. Results A total of 128 participants completed pre-post surveys for 746 OCB sessions. There was a statistically significant pre-post session increase in participants’ feelings (mean=34.6; SD=21.7; p |
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