The Department of Defense is conducting the 2024 Health-Related Behavior Survey among approximately 250,000 randomly selected active duty and reserve personnel. This year's survey includes questions on reproductive health and family planning, mental health stigma, gender identity, adverse childhood experiences, and more.
Military members selected to complete the survey will find a link in their inbox to their military email address on file with the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). The survey will be sent to a randomly selected group of active duty and reserve military personnel from all military branches, pay grades, races/ethnicities, and ages. Survey emails can be forwarded to your personal email address and accessed from your work or home computer, mobile phone, or tablet.
Since 1980, the Department of Defense has partnered with third-party research and evaluation organizations to measure health-related trends within the military. The survey, typically conducted every two years, has evolved from a strict focus on drug use and abuse to a broader look at the health and well-being of military personnel as a whole.
HRBS is the Department of Defense's flagship survey to understand the health, health-related behaviors, and well-being of service members, giving leaders a deeper understanding of force readiness.” said U.S. Navy Capt. Kenneth Richter, the officer in charge. pmentally hhealth To the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. “Increased participation by military members will help us draw conclusions that better represent the entire Department of Defense.”
Survey responses will be treated as confidential information and responses will not be shared in personally identifiable form with the Department of Defense or any service branch.
Echoing Richter's sentiments about research participation, Dr. Daniel Evatt, director of the Research Implementation Division at the Defense Health Agency's Center for Psychological Health, said the importance of research in understanding the health status of troops. emphasized its importance.
“If we see low response rates among members of a particular occupational or demographic group, we may not fully understand the needs of that group,” Evatt said. Your answers will help ensure we understand the experiences of military personnel like you. ”
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Some of the key findings from the 2018 study showed that reports of health-related behaviors associated with poor outcomes increased from the 2015 study. However, the members' self-reported behaviors appeared to be above the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' general population standards for physical health and functioning, including obesity rates, exercise frequency, and high-risk population HIV testing, Richter said. Ta. .
Final result [of the survey] It is read and used by policy makers, program managers, and researchers, and it is useful to us. Click to closedirect careDirect treatment refers to military hospitals and clinics, also known as “military treatment facilities” or “MTFs.”direct care Where it’s needed most,” Evatt said. “Study results may show that problem behaviors are more or less common than previously thought.”
The survey period is from February to April.
The Department of Defense partnered with the Rand Corporation, a private research and analysis firm, to conduct the study. Recipients will receive an email from 2024hrbs.com with a survey administration number and a link to the welcome page. For more information and extensive FAQs about the purpose of the study, recipients are encouraged to visit health.mil/HRBS.
