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Timor Leste Family Study Data

The University of Queensland
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The Timor Leste Family Study is the first Australian study designed to investigate the effects of recent deployments on the health and well-being of Australian Defence Force families. This study compared the health of the families of personnel who had deployed to Timor-Leste with that of families of personnel who had not deployed to Timor-Leste. It also looked at risk and protective factors associated with the health of all such families. The study was a retrospective, cross-sectional survey of ADF members and their families that examined the physical, mental, and family health impacts on the partners and children from the member’s deployment. A sample of 7749 current and ex-serving ADF members who were in a relationship or separated was selected. Approximately half had deployed to Timor-Leste (N=3866), while the other half had not (N=3883). If the ADF member provided consent, partners were invited to participate. A total of 2853 ADF members and 1332 partners responded. Questions on the children were answered by the partner. Data may be released for re-use subject to ethical approval by an appropriate ethics committee and full data access approval by the Military and Veterans’ Health Research Data Access Committee (MVHRDAC).

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ADF | Australian Defence Force | Cohort studies | Family health | Medical and Health Sciences | Military deployment health | Public Health and Health Services | Timor-Leste | Veterans' health | eng |

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Timor-Leste Family Study Report

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McGuire, Annabel, Runge, Catherine, Cosgrove, Luke, Bredhauer, Katrina, Anderson, Renee, Waller, Michael, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Dobson, Annette and Nasveld, Peter (2012). Timor-Leste Family Study Report. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland, Centre for Military and Veterans' Health.

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