Vietnam Veterans’ Family Study - An Intergenerational Study

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DVA needs Vietnam veterans, Army personnel who served between 1962 to 1975 and their families to take part in a study with the aim of identifying factors that make families resilient. This will give useful information and advice which can be provided to the families of future serving members to support them during their service. The intergenerational study will look at what effect war service in Vietnam may have had on veterans’ families health and wellbeing.

The study has invited 10,000 Vietnam veterans and 10,000 Army personnel who served between 1962 and 1975 but did not deploy to Vietnam. These invitation packs included extra registration forms for veterans to pass onto family members.

The success of the study relies on a big response from those invited. Not just Vietnam veterans and their families but also Army personnel who served between 1962 and 1975 and their families for comparison. Without a comparison group, the study cannot go ahead. General P J Cosgrove AC MC (Ret’d) has pledged his support for the study and has written to invited veterans and Army personnel to encourage their participation.

Please note that the Vietnam Veterans' Family Study does not encompass the work being done to make a documentary relating to suicide and the children of Vietnam veterans.

To contact the Family Study Program:

Email healthstudy@dva.gov.au
Phone: 1800 502 302
Mail: Family Study Program
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
PO Box 21
WODEN ACT 2606