Resources: Health and wellness

Watch: The Well-Being Framework

Resources for well-being

Foundations of veteran health and well-being

“My Patient is a Veteran” is a project jointly developed by uOttawa’s Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University and the City of Ottawa’s Veterans Task Force with the primary objective of developing content that addresses socially accountable educational gaps. This series of videos explores the foundations of Veteran health and well-being, as well as engaging with this patient population. 

Watch the episodes as a YouTube video series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu4vABAbiozXY8b6AA6nDr09ZwpDPqty

Listen to these episodes in podcast format: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uottawa-dept-of-fam
Visit the uOttawa Dept. of Family Medicine’s Innovation Portal: https://uodfm.ca/en/e-learning-modules/app/veterans-health

Mental health for veterans

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Mental health and well-being for post secondary students

Resources

Starter Kit: For the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post Secondary Students

References

  • Dodge, R., Daly, A., Huyton, J., & Sanders, L. (2012). The challenge of defining well-being. International Journal of Well-being, 2(3), 222–235. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v2i3.4
  • Easterling RA. Building a better theory of well-being. Los Angeles CA: Paper prepared for the conference “Paradoxes of Happiness in Economics” University of Milano- Bicocca, March 21-23, 2003. http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~easterl/papers/BetterTheory.pdf
  • Gregg, B. T., Kitzman, P. H., & Shordike, A. (2016). Well-being and coping of student veterans readjusting into Academia: A pilot survey. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 32(1), 86–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212x.2015.1082081
  • Thompson, J. M., MacLean, M. B., Roach, M. B., Banman, M., Mabior, J., & Pedlar, D. (2016). Charlottetown PE: Research Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada. A Well-Being Construct for Veterans’ Policy, Programming and Research (p. 3). Research Directorate Technical Report.
  • Veterans Affairs Canada, Strategic Policy Unit, (2017a, August). Monitoring the Well-being of Veterans: A Veteran Well-being Surveillance Framework. Charlottetown (PE). Retrieved from https//www.publications. gc.ca/pub?id=9.849051&sl=0
Resilience practices

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Coping

References

  • Ackerman, R., DiRamio, D., & Mitchell, R. L. (2009). Transitions: Combat Veterans as college students. New Directions for Student Services, 2009(126), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.311
  • Anderson, M. L., Goodman, J., & Schlossberg, N. K. (2012). Factors that Influence Transitions. In Counseling adults in transition: Linking Schlossberg’s theory with practice in a diverse world (pp.

61–93). Springer Publishing Company.

  • Besemann, M., Hebert, J., Thompson, J. M., Cooper, R. A., Gupta, G., Brémault-Phillips, S., & Dentry, S. J. (2018). Reflections on recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration of injured service members and veterans from a bio-psychosocial-spiritual perspective. Can J Surg, 61, 219–231. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.015318
  • Blackburn, D. (2017). Out of uniform: Psychosocial issues experienced and coping mechanisms used by veterans during the military–civilian transition. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 3(1), 62–69. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh.4160
  • Bradshaw, C., Atkinson, S., & Doody, O. (2017). Employing a qualitative description approach in health care research. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 4, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393617742282
  • Bonar, T. C., & Domenici, P. L. (2011). Counseling and connecting with the military undergraduate: The intersection of military service and university life. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 25(3), 204–219. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2011.581925
  • Burnett, S. E., & Segoria, J. (2009). Collaboration for Military Transition Students from Combat to College: It takes a community. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 22(1), 53-58.
  • Cathcart, D. G. (2019). Veteran-friendly colleges and universities: A primer for Canada. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 5(1), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh.2018-0021
  • Cook, B. J., & Kim, Y. (2009). From soldier to student: Easing the transition of service members on campus. American Council on Education.
  • Crabtree, B., Miller, W. (1999). A template approach to text analysis: Developing and using codebooks. In Crabtree, B., Miller, W. (Eds.), Doing qualitative research (pp. 163–177). SAGE.
  • Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. SAGE.
  • DiRamio, D., & Jarvis, K. (2011). Institutional Response to an Emerging Population of Veterans. ASHE Higher Education Report, 37(3), 95–112.
  • DiRamio, D., & Spires, M. (2009). Partnering to assist disabled veterans in transition. New Directions for Student Services, 2009(126), 81–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.319
  • DiRamio, D., Ackerman, R., & Mitchell, R. L. (2008). From combat to campus: Voices of student-veterans. NASPA Journal, 45(1), 73–102. https://doi.org/10.2202/0027-6014.1908
  • Dodge, R., Daly, A., Huyton, J., & Sanders, L. (2012). The challenge of defining well-being. International Journal of Well-being, 2(3), 222–235. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v2i3.4
  • Gregg, B. T., Howell, D. M., & Shordike, A. (2016). Experiences of veterans transitioning to postsecondary education. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70(6), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2016.021030
  • Gregg, B. T., Kitzman, P. H., & Shordike, A. (2016). Well-being and coping of student veterans readjusting into Academia: A pilot survey. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 32(1), 86–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212x.2015.1082081
  • Griffin, K. A., & Gilbert, C. K. (2015). Better Transitions for troops: An application of Schlossberg’s transition framework to analyses of barriers and institutional support structures for student veterans. The Journal of Higher Education, 86(1), 71–97. https://doi.org/10.1353/jhe.2015.0004
  • Haines, D. (2013). “More aware of everything”: Exploring the returnee experience in American higher education. Journal of Studies in International Education, 17(1), 19–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315311433207
  • Hitt, S., Sternberg, M., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., Vaughan, J., Carlson, R., Dansie, E., & Mohrbacher, M. (2015). The higher education landscape for US student service members and veterans in Indiana. Higher Education, 70(3), 535–550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9854-6
  • Howe, W. T., & Shpeer, M. (2019). From military member to student: An examination of the communicative challenges of veterans to perform communication accommodation in the University. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 48(3), 203–220. https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2019.1592770
  • Kim, Y. M., & Cole, J. S. (2013). Student veterans/service members’ engagement in college and university life and education. American Council on Education.
  • Law, M., Cooper, B., Strong, S., Stewart, D., Rigby, P., & Letts, L. (1996). The person-environment-occupation model: A transactive approach to occupational performance. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(1), 9–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/000841749606300103
  • Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping. Springer publishing company.
  • Marton, C. (2001). Environmental scan on women’s health information resources in Ontario, Canada. Information Research, 7(1), 7-1.
  • Metz, A., & Louison, L. (2018). The hexagon tool: Exploring context. National Implementation Research Network, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative research and evaluation methods. London: Sage.
  • Radford, A. W. (2009). Military service members and veterans in higher education: What the new Gi bill may mean for postsecondary institutions. American Council On Education.
  • Ray, S. L., & Heaslip, K. (2011). Canadian military transitioning to civilian life: A discussion paper. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(3), 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01652.x
  • Sandelowski, M. (2010). What’s in a name? Qualitative description revisited. Research in Nursing & Health, 33(1), 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20362
  • Shahid, M., & Turin, T. C. (2018). Conducting comprehensive environmental scans in health research: A process for assessing the subject matter landscape. Journal of Biomedical Analytics, 1(2), 71–80. https://doi.org/10.30577/jba.2018.v1n2.13
  • Thompson, J., MacLean, M. B., Roach, M. B., Macintosh, S., Banman, M., Mabior, J., & Pedlar, D. (2016). A well-being construct for veterans’ policy, programming and research. Veterans Affairs Canada.
  • Thompson, J. M., MacLean, M. B., Van Til, L., Sudom, K., Sweet, J., Poirier, A., & Pedlar, D. (2011). Survey on transition to civilian life: Report on regular force veterans. Veterans Affairs Canada.
  • University of Alberta. (2022). Military and veteran Friendly Campus. University of Alberta https://www.ualberta.ca/current-students/veteran-friendly-campus/index.html
  • Westwood, M. J., Black, T. G., & McLean, H. B. (2002). A re-entry program for peacekeeping soldiers: Promoting personal and career transition. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 36(3), 221-232.
  • Willis, D. G., Sullivan-Bolyai, S., Knafl, K., & Cohen, M. Z. (2016). Distinguishing features and similarities between descriptive phenomenological and qualitative description research. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(9), 1185-1204. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945916645499
Health

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Brain health & wellness learning series

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Posttraumatic growth

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Guilt and grief

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Traumatic brain injury

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Pain


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Substance use


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Suicide prevention

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Crisis response plan

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