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Wellness for Warriors: Developing and Disseminating a Veteran-centric Wellness Guide
Summary
The Veteran Wellness Guide, a new self-help resource, was created with veteran input to address their unique mental health needs. It offers evidence-based interventions and has been downloaded over 3000 times.
Area of Science:
- Mental Health Interventions
- Digital Health
- Veteran Care
Background:
- Self-help wellness interventions offer cost-effective, brief, and accessible mental health support.
- Veterans face unique barriers to care, including stigma and a culture of self-reliance, despite high mental health needs.
- Existing self-help resources often lack veteran-specific content.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop the Veteran Wellness Guide, a self-guided resource for veterans.
- To incorporate SMART goal setting and evidence-based interventions like mindfulness and self-kindness.
- To create a veteran-centric resource tailored to their specific wellness requirements.
Main Methods:
- A Veteran Engagement Group provided feedback on the guide's content and design.
- The guide was revised based on initial feedback and then approved by a subset of the group.
- Further usability testing was conducted with additional veterans over a two-week period.
Main Results:
- Veterans found the guide highly useful and recommended it to peers.
- A significant need for such a resource within the veteran community was identified.
- A dissemination plan was developed with input from veterans and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) stakeholders.
Conclusions:
- Collaborative development with veterans resulted in a tailored, veteran-centric wellness product.
- The Veteran Wellness Guide has achieved national dissemination, with over 3000 downloads.
- The guide is freely available for download, promoting accessibility for all veterans.
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