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Abstract ( 263 words)
“Statistics and unconventional wars”
The purpose of this research is to depict statistical challenges in assessing individuals' health outcomes after participating in modern time wars, i.e., Iraq, Afghanistan compared with other 19th century's wars, i.e., Vietnam, Korean wars. A descriptive design is used in order to account for several issues. First issue is defining a veteran and the population cohort, identifying the study sample, i.e., solders (a) at different stage in life (b) of different gender, education, family status (mothers with small children), and (c) the optimal statistical design. Second issue is the number of deployments of different lengths versus the traditional one long deployment. Third issue is to identify the type of exposure to modern war agents. Finally, the last issue will be to identify the causes of post traumatic stress disorders, i.e., psychological origins versus collision origins. Data is collected from public sources – Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), National Institute of Health (NIH), and Department of Veteran Affairs. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be used to assess individuals' health outcomes. The results are expected to be consistent with traditional war trauma described in the literature in addition to novelties brought about by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which will indicate major differences in individuals' health outcomes. Practical implications of this research is targeting especially healthcare scientist and intends to guide their steps in drawing inferences to help them institute the best therapeutically treatment approaches. We believe that this research is also important because it may elucidate the extent of veterans' difficulties of coping with day-to-day events after their return to the USA.
Key words: gender issues; alternative programming; medical/medical care
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