Abstract
There is a surprising lack of disseminable, community-based interventions for veterans experiencing difficulties during the reintegration process from military to civilian life. Physical Activity and Community Engagement (PACE) is a program which combines routine vigorous-intensity exercise with community engagement. The program builds on emergent evidence supporting the benefits of routine vigorous-intensity exercise among and establishing social connection. Using a randomized controlled trial (N = 60), we will obtain feasibility data and initial effect sizes for the early effects of PACE on reintegration difficulties.
Highlights
Since September 11th, 2.77 million service members have served on 5.4 million deployments [26]
It has the potential to engage the social connection target by offering multiple opportunities to participate in various activities, it is plausible that Red White and Blue (RWB) would offer better outcomes for veterans experiencing reintegration difficulties if it was combined with brief exercise counseling and monitoring aimed at helping them adopt a vigorous-intensity exercise routine
Physical Activity and Community Engagement (PACE) and Team RWB aim to aid the development of long-term habits and are not time-limited, the current study will report on the early effects of these programs – i.e., bi-weekly during the first 8 weeks and 1-week following 8 weeks of participation
Summary
Since September 11th, 2.77 million service members have served on 5.4 million deployments [26]. The U.S Department of Defense (DoD) does not provide a formal definition of successful reintegration They have worked to address the issue through the development of mandatory transition assistance programs within each service branch It has the potential to engage the social connection target by offering multiple opportunities to participate in various activities, it is plausible that RWB would offer better outcomes for veterans experiencing reintegration difficulties if it was combined with brief exercise counseling and monitoring aimed at helping them adopt a vigorous-intensity exercise routine. The study aims to provide a pilot test of the acceptability and effectiveness of PACE in a sample of recently discharged veterans To our knowledge, this is the first study that examines a multi-component intervention for facilitating community reintegration in veterans during this critical period of the deployment cycle
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