Vietnam Veterans’ Family Study - An Intergenerational Study
Questionnaire lodgement for the Vietnam Veterans’ Family Study closed on 1 December 2011.
Thank you to all participants who completed and returned their questionnaire!
Vietnam veterans and Defence personnel who served between 1962 and 1975 but did not go to Vietnam and their families are taking part in a study to identify factors that make families resilient. The information gained will be used to develop programs and services to better support the families of past, present and future Defence members. The intergenerational study will look at what effect war service in Vietnam may have had on the health and wellbeing of veterans’ families.
Registrations for the study opened in 2008 and closed on Monday 7 November 2011.
Between August and November 2011 over 27,500 registered study participants received their questionnaire.
The closing date for the return of VVFS questionnaires was 1 December 2011. At this date over 17,000 participants had completed and returned their questionnaire. The Family Study Team would like to thank all those who participated.
The contracted research organisation, Colmar Brunton Social research, is currently analysing the data and a draft report is expected to be delivered to the Department in mid 2012.
To contact the family study program:
Email healthstudy@dva.gov.au
Phone: 1800 502 302
Mail: Family Study Program
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
GPO Box 9998
CANBERRA ACT 2601