The increase in suicides among military personnel has raised concern. This book reviews suicide epidemiology in the military, catalogs military suicide-prevention activities, and recommends relevant best practices.

The War Within: Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military (Research Brief (Rand Center for Military Health Policy Resea)

Burns, Rachel M.

Jaycox, Lisa H.

Ramchand, Rajeev

Pernin, Christopher G.

Acosta, Joie

History

Rand

This report describes the study design and summary data from the first year of data collection for the Urban Child Institute Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood Study: participant demographics, prenatal and birth measures; child and family health and nutrition; mothers’ mental and behavioral health; and cognitive performance, psychosocial measures, and biological samples for mothers and children.

The Urban Child Institute CANDLE Study: Methodological Overview and Baseline Sample Description

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Chandra, Anita

Martin, Laurie T.

Shih, Regina A.

Sontag-Padilla, Lisa M.

Tylavsky, Frances

Griffin, Beth Ann

Women's Health

RAND Corporation

This report provides recommendations for how the Air Force's survey system for monitoring abuse and misconduct in Basic Military Training can best be adapted for use in technical training and flying training environments. The report also provides background on the training environments, revisions to tailor the survey content for these environments, survey pretest results, strategies to promote participation, and recommendations for future use.

A Survey System to Assess Abuse and Misconduct Toward Air Force Students in Occupational Specialty Training

Business & Money

Wagner, Lisa

Robson, Sean

Posard, Marek N.

Farris, Coreen

Matthews, Miriam

Miller, Laura L.

Keller, Kirsten M.

Holliday, Stephanie Brooks

Bicksler, Barbara

Matsuda, Mauri

Management & Leadership

The U.S. Navy's aviation maintenance capability suffers from supportability issues because of its antiquated software architecture and codebase. This report presents the results of an analysis of alternatives for fielding the Naval Aviation Maintenance System, which is intended to help modernize the Navy's afloat and ashore maintenance capabilities. The authors find that the Navy should migrate to a commercial off-the-shelf solution.

Naval Aviation Maintenance System: Analysis of Alternatives

Wilson, Bradley

Riposo, Jessie

Goughnour, Thomas

Vermeer, Michael J. D.

Kochhar, Ajay K.

Bohman, Angelena

Eisman, Mel

Military

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