Thank you, Semper Fi Sister. Barbara Millican for sharing this morning the article from the Tampa Tribune by Altman - If you’re reading this column, you probably known someone who has or is deployed, or maybe you are reading this from some FOB somewhere in Afghanistan. So you know better than anyone the difficulties of deployment on those left behind, especially the children. Now the University of Central Florida is studying just how difficult it is and wants the families of deployed to share their experiences. The study, being conducted by UCF professor Deborah Beidel with a $2.7 million Defense Department grant, is designed to help find out how deployments impact family members at home. Beidel’s team will do more than interview families, according to UCF. “They’ll be measuring family members’ levels of cortisol, a hormone linked to stress,” according to the university. ‘The team also will measure the family members’ sleep patterns by having them wear devices similar to wristwatches that track their movements while in bed.” Beidel’s team is looking for families throughout Central Florida - including the Tampa, St. Petersburg and Lakeland areas. To be eligible, families must have a deployed caregiver in any branch of the military and at least one child 7 to 17 years old. The caregiver at home does not necessarily have to be a mother or father, but does have to be a primary caregiver. For more information, call 407-823-3910 or go to ucfmilitaryfamilies.org.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:07:29 +0000
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