Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War

Objectives. We sought to better understand the association between early life exposure to war and trauma and older adult health status in a developing setting. Methods. We analyzed data of 405 Vietnamese men and women in 1 northern Vietnam commune who entered early adulthood during the Vietnam War a...

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Main Authors: KORINEK, Kim, Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan
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https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301925
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-26802016-12-01T09:35:43Z Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War KORINEK, Kim Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan Objectives. We sought to better understand the association between early life exposure to war and trauma and older adult health status in a developing setting. Methods. We analyzed data of 405 Vietnamese men and women in 1 northern Vietnam commune who entered early adulthood during the Vietnam War and who are now entering late adulthood (i.e., ages 55 years and older in 2010). Results. The toll of war’s trauma in the aging northern Vietnamese population was perceptible in the association between exposure to war trauma and various measures of physical health, including negative self-reported health and somatic symptoms. Killing another person and being exposed to toxic substances in warfare was especially detrimental to health in older adulthood. War traumas were likely implicated more strongly as determinants of late adulthood health in men than in women. The weak association between trauma exposure and reported depressive symptoms raised questions about measuring mental health. Conclusions. Military service and war trauma were important determinants of older adult health beyond the US context, given the widespread waging of war and concentration of recent armed conflicts within developing societies. 2014-08-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1424 info:doi/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301925 https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301925 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University War Health Military service Veterans Civilians Vietnam Asian Studies Family, Life Course, and Society Politics and Social Change
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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language English
topic War
Health
Military service
Veterans
Civilians
Vietnam
Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Politics and Social Change
spellingShingle War
Health
Military service
Veterans
Civilians
Vietnam
Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Politics and Social Change
KORINEK, Kim
Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan
Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War
description Objectives. We sought to better understand the association between early life exposure to war and trauma and older adult health status in a developing setting. Methods. We analyzed data of 405 Vietnamese men and women in 1 northern Vietnam commune who entered early adulthood during the Vietnam War and who are now entering late adulthood (i.e., ages 55 years and older in 2010). Results. The toll of war’s trauma in the aging northern Vietnamese population was perceptible in the association between exposure to war trauma and various measures of physical health, including negative self-reported health and somatic symptoms. Killing another person and being exposed to toxic substances in warfare was especially detrimental to health in older adulthood. War traumas were likely implicated more strongly as determinants of late adulthood health in men than in women. The weak association between trauma exposure and reported depressive symptoms raised questions about measuring mental health. Conclusions. Military service and war trauma were important determinants of older adult health beyond the US context, given the widespread waging of war and concentration of recent armed conflicts within developing societies.
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author KORINEK, Kim
Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan
author_facet KORINEK, Kim
Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan
author_sort KORINEK, Kim
title Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War
title_short Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War
title_full Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War
title_fullStr Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War
title_full_unstemmed Military Service, Exposure to Trauma, and Health in Older Adulthood: An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War
title_sort military service, exposure to trauma, and health in older adulthood: an analysis of northern vietnamese survivors of the vietnam war
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2014
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1424
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301925
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