Home > Public Resources > Trauma Blog > 2016 - May Diversity and Multicultural Issues An Examination of Ethnoracial Minority Veterans’ Deployment Experiences and Postdeployment Mental Health Research has shown that Black and Hispanic Vietnam-era Veterans experienced both racial discrimination and greater exposure to combat-related trauma than White Vietnam-era Veterans did; these disparities have been associated with significantly greater rates and severity of postdeployment mental health disorders (Kulka et al., 1990; Pole, Gone, & Kulkarni, 2008). We were interested in finding out whether these ethnoracial disparities have persisted among more recent Veteran cohorts and whether there might be gender differences in these disparities. Browse Diversity and Multicultural Issues articles Military and Combat An Examination of Ethnoracial Minority Veterans’ Deployment Experiences and Postdeployment Mental Health Research has shown that Black and Hispanic Vietnam-era Veterans experienced both racial discrimination and greater exposure to combat-related trauma than White Vietnam-era Veterans did; these disparities have been associated with significantly greater rates and severity of postdeployment mental health disorders (Kulka et al., 1990; Pole, Gone, & Kulkarni, 2008). We were interested in finding out whether these ethnoracial disparities have persisted among more recent Veteran cohorts and whether there might be gender differences in these disparities. Browse Military and Combat articles
Home > Public Resources > Trauma Blog > 2016 - May Diversity and Multicultural Issues An Examination of Ethnoracial Minority Veterans’ Deployment Experiences and Postdeployment Mental Health Research has shown that Black and Hispanic Vietnam-era Veterans experienced both racial discrimination and greater exposure to combat-related trauma than White Vietnam-era Veterans did; these disparities have been associated with significantly greater rates and severity of postdeployment mental health disorders (Kulka et al., 1990; Pole, Gone, & Kulkarni, 2008). We were interested in finding out whether these ethnoracial disparities have persisted among more recent Veteran cohorts and whether there might be gender differences in these disparities. Browse Diversity and Multicultural Issues articles Military and Combat An Examination of Ethnoracial Minority Veterans’ Deployment Experiences and Postdeployment Mental Health Research has shown that Black and Hispanic Vietnam-era Veterans experienced both racial discrimination and greater exposure to combat-related trauma than White Vietnam-era Veterans did; these disparities have been associated with significantly greater rates and severity of postdeployment mental health disorders (Kulka et al., 1990; Pole, Gone, & Kulkarni, 2008). We were interested in finding out whether these ethnoracial disparities have persisted among more recent Veteran cohorts and whether there might be gender differences in these disparities. Browse Military and Combat articles