Military Behavioral Health
With more than 25 years of experience conducting military studies, we understand the military culture and how to work with military and civilian defense leaders. Our military behaviorists conduct research and provide research support for the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies to improve force readiness and the lives and working conditions of military personnel and their families.
Focus Areas
- Health care quality and use
- Health behaviors: substance-use prevalence, prevention, and intervention
- Mental health, stress research
- Health policy, health promotion
- Exposure and human health risk
- Family support
Capabilities
- Program design, implementation, management, and evaluation
- Data collection: personnel surveys, quality-of-life studies, needs assessments
- Prevention and intervention studies, field trials
- Health communications materials design and testing
- Financial, policy, and plan analysis
- Statistical and psychometric analysis
- Training research and systems: simulation training, distance learning, analysis and design
Projects
- Department of Defense Surveys of Substance Abuse and Health-Related Behaviors. Capture data on health behaviors such as alcohol and tobacco use, diet and weight management, stress, mental health, workplace outcomes, and illicit drug use to inform DoD health policy and programs
- Spouse Abuse, Child Abuse, and Substance Abuse Among Army Families. Co-Occurrence and Service Delivery Issues. Investigate co-occurrence of spouse abuse, child abuse, and substance abuse among Army families to determine if they are connected and to assess the level of coordination among service providers who address these complementary problems in military settings
- Web-Based Alcohol Prevention Education Pilot Project. Develop and evaluate the Program for Alcohol Training, Research, and Online Learning (PATROL) to reduce problem alcohol use in the military
- Evaluating the Usability of the U.S. Navy’s Web-Based Performance Management System. Collect and analyze usability data, identify relevant user issues, and develop recommendations for a Web-based performance appraisal and management system for Navy personnel
- Psychometric and Sampling Support for Navy Personnel Surveys. Conduct a thorough evaluation of the 2005 NPS items and scales, using advanced psychometric techniques, including factor analysis and item response theory
Contract Vehicles
- Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS): SIN 874
- Environmental Advisory Services (EAS): SIN 899
- Professional Engineering Services (PES): SIN 871
- Laboratory Testing and Analysis Services: SIN 873
- Information Technology Products and Services (IT Schedule 70): SIN 132
- Program Support Center: DHHS Contract No. 233-02-0090
- Ongoing grants and cooperative agreements through the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick
More Information
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Military Personnel and Family Research (Brochure
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Weight Management Program Reduces Medical Costs, Improves Health, Study Finds
A new study by RTI International, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of South Carolina, Cooper Institute, and TRICARE Management Activity has found that a weight management program for inactive and retired military members and their families could improve health and reduce medical costs.