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Meeting the Needs of Student Veterans Who Are Single Parents
Financial strain, schedule overload, and psychological stress are just some of the struggles single parents can face when returning to school. But what do those challenges look like if the single-parent student is also a veteran? To date, many studies on higher education access have focused on challenges faced by the civilian population.
Veteran Single Parents Are Surviving but Not Thriving
The demographics of the veteran population are changing. Veterans who served after September 11, 2001 (post-9/11 veterans), are more likely to be female and identify as a person of color than their older counterparts. They are also more likely to be raising children, many of them without support from a partner.
Harassment and Discrimination on the Basis of Gender and Race/Ethnicity in the FEMA Workforce
Research Questions How prevalent are harassment and discrimination at FEMA? Has FEMA made its workplaces safer for employees in terms of harassment and discrimination? What factors might have influenced changes in the prevalence of harassment and discrimination between 2019 and 2021?
Healthy Relationship Approaches to Sexual Assault Prevention
The U.S. Department of Defense and the military services continue to prioritize sexual assault prevention. This guide aims to provide prevention teams and leaders with an overview of a healthy relationship approach to sexual assault prevention, why it could be an effective tool, and strategies for implementing a program as part of their prevention portfolio. Research Questions What is a healthy relationship approach to sexual assault prevention?
Perceived Retaliation Against Military Sexual Assault Victims
This research documents the characteristics of sexual assault incidents, victims, and perpetrators that increase risk for perceived retaliation against service women who are victims of sexual assault. The authors also explored the relationship between disclosure choices and retaliation and subsequently controlled for disclosure choices when identifying risk factors for retaliation.
The Relationship Between Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military
Research Questions What is the relationship between sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military? What is the cause of the association between ambient sexual harassment and sexual assault risk in the military? This report describes analyses designed to identify how the sexual harassment of others in a service member's work environment (or ambient sexual harassment) affects his or her own risk of being sexually assaulted.
Harassment and Discrimination in the FEMA Workplace
Research Brief Photo by FEMA/K.C. Wilsey In the spring of 2019, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) fielded a survey designed to estimate the annual prevalence of workplace harassment and discrimination at FEMA and to assess employee perceptions of leadership and workplace climate.
Here's How a National Database Could Help Colleges Fight Sexual Assault
Before the recent revelations about sexual assault in Hollywood and other industries, the spotlight was on the nation's colleges and universities: Over the past several years, those institutions have been challenged by lawmakers and a growing group of emboldened victims to improve their response to sexual crimes on campus. Assessing higher education's progress, however, has been impeded by a lack of reliable national statistics.
Efficacy of educational video game versus traditional educational apps at improving physician decision making in trauma triage: randomized controlled trial | The BMJ
Subsequently, we assessed the duration of the treatment effect among a random sample of those who completed the outcome assessment tool by measuring physician performance again six months after the completion of the initial trial protocol (primary six month reassessment outcome). We hypothesized that physicians exposed to game based education during the initial trial would continue to under-triage fewer patients on the simulation than physicians exposed to the didactic program.
Risk Factors for Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military
This report describes analyses designed to identify service member and environmental characteristics that are associated with service members' risk of sexual assault or sexual harassment. These analyses draw on data from one of the largest surveys ever conducted on sexual assault and harassment experiences, the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.
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