Risky Behaviors Persist Among Service Members
Fri, 05/21/2021 - 07:59
More than half of active-duty service members are reportedly in “very good or excellent health,” but other conditions, such as alcohol and tobacco use, prove to be more worrisome, according to newly released findings from a 2018 DoD survey.
“The numbers for 2018 do indicate some problem areas that the military should continue to track,” Sarah Meadows, lead author of the report and a senior sociologist at the Rand Corp., said in a statement following the report’s publication.
The 2018 Health Related Behaviors Study, supported by the Defense Health Agency and conducted by Rand, relied on more than 17,000 responses from active-duty service members.
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