Mental Health of Canadian Military-Connected Children: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perspectives of Service Providers.
The military lifestyle can be defined by a triad of unique stressors: frequent relocation, parental absence, and risk of injury, illness and/or death of a serving member. Research has suggested that this unique triad of stressors can impact the mental health of children and youth living in military...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 11; pp. 3447 - 3459 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2023
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Acton Building, 31 George Street, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada https://ror.org/02fa3aq29 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, 100 West 5th Street, L8N 3K7, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada https://ror.org/02y72wh86 Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Centre of Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, 166 Brock Street, K7L 5GN, Kingston, Ontario, Canada https://ror.org/03dbr7087 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 201 Georgian Drive, L4M 6M2, Barrie, Ontario, Canada https://ror.org/02y72wh86 Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Queen's University, 99 University Ave, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Centre for Studies in Aging and Health, Providence Care Hospital, 52 King Street West, K7L 4X3, Kingston, Ontario, Canada su: Canada Lifestyles Health services accessibility Physician-patient relations Mental health Interviewing Families of military personnel Qualitative research Parent-child relationships Content analysis Psychological stress Mental health services Military medicine Attitudes of medical personnel Research methodology Research funding sug: subj: Lifestyles Health services accessibility Physician-patient relations Mental health Interviewing Families of military personnel Qualitative research Parent-child relationships Content analysis Psychological stress Mental health services Canada Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals Military medicine Attitudes of medical personnel Research methodology Research funding keyword: Military-connected children Qualitative Service providers Military-connected children Qualitative Service providers ab: The military lifestyle can be defined by a triad of unique stressors: frequent relocation, parental absence, and risk of injury, illness and/or death of a serving member. Research has suggested that this unique triad of stressors can impact the mental health of children and youth living in military families. However, research focusing on the mental health of children and youth living in military families overwhelmingly focuses on the American context. Due to key contextual differences, it is unclear to what extent the American findings are representative of military-connected children and youth living in other geographical contexts, such as Canada. A large qualitative study was conducted to explore the mental health of military-connected children in Canada from three perspectives: child, parent, and service provider. This paper reports on the service provider findings. Using individual semi-structured interviews, data were collected from 11 service providers. Data analysis was guided by qualitative content analysis. Two main themes emerged: (1) the mental health of children living in military families may be impacted by the military lifestyle stressors, and (2) the mental health of children living in military families can be impacted by the accessibility and availability of mental health services. While this qualitative study builds upon recent Canadian work that has considered the service provider perspective, additional research is needed to better understand the experiences of service providers who support military-connected children and youth. Highlights: American research shows that the military lifestyle factors can impact the mental health of military-connected children. The mental health of military-connected children has yet to be extensively explored in Canada. The mental health of children living in Canadian military families may be impacted by the military lifestyle stressors. The mental health of Canadian military-connected children can be impacted by the accessibility and availability of mental health services. Our findings can help build capacity and knowledge for service providers who support Canadian military-connected children. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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