A new resource to study the health of Veterans in Ontario

Abstract

Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health doi:10.3138/jmvfh.1.1.3 1(1) 2015 4 1. MacLean MB, Poirier A, O’Connor T. Province of residence at release and post-release: data from the Income Study. Life After Service Studies Secondary Analysis (2011 Series – Release 2). Charlottetown (PE). Research Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada. Research Directorate Technical Report; 2011 Mar 02. 2. Van Til L, Macintosh S, Thompson JM, MacLean MB, Campbell L, Sudom K, Dursun S, Herron M, Pedlar D. 2013 Synthesis of Life After Service Studies. Charlottetown (PE): Veterans Affairs Canada, Research Directorate Synthesis Report; 2014 Jul 03. 3. Thompson JM, Van Til L, Poirier A, et al. Health and well-being of Canadian Armed Forces Veterans: findings from the 2013 Life After Service Survey. Charlottetown (PE): Research Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada. Research Directorate Technical Report; 2014 Jul 03. 4. MacLean MB, Van Til L, Thompson JM, Poirier A, Sweet J, Adams J, Sudom K, Campbell C, Murphy B, Dionne C & Pedlar D. Income study: regular force Veteran report. Veterans Affairs Canada, Research Directorate and Department of National Defence, Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis; 2011 Jan 04. 5. ICES data dictionary [Internet]. 2014. Available from: https://datadictionary.ices.on.ca/Applications/DataDictionary/Default.aspx 4 With the rich sources of national and provincial data housed at ICES, 5 we now have the ability to study a multitude of health outcomes in a large group of Veterans in Ontario. This includes the ability to study diagnostic and treatment patterns and compare outcomes with the civilian population. The following examples are only the tip of the iceberg of the illnesses that may be studied.