The King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) are looking for participants to take part in a study on the lifestyle behaviours of those in a relationship with military personnel and veterans.
What is the study about?
Funded by Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), the LIFE-Q study (Lifestyle Influences of Military Personnel and Veterans: A Qualitative Study) aims to understand a range of lifestyle behaviours among military and veteran spouses and partners.
Lifestyle behaviours – such as alcohol use, eating, exercise, smoking/vaping, socialising – shape our lives in a multitude of ways. They can impact our health and wellbeing, the people around us, our futures and our sense of self.
The team is interested in building a picture of what spouses/partners feel is impacting their lifestyles, whether this is family life, the military, work, money and/or personal choice, and to learn how they feel about this.
What does the study involve and how do I find out more?
Through online weekly diaries (over 4-6 weeks) and in-depth interviews, the team are talking to spouses/partners of any gender and sexuality.
So far, there has been a strong response from the partners of Officers, meaning the research is now focused on people whose serving/ex-serving partner is/was no higher than a Junior Non-Comissioned Officer (NCO) or equivalent.
You can also take part if:
· You drink alcohol at least twice a month
· You have not served in the military yourself
· You live in the UK
· You are not currently pregnant or breastfeeding
· Your partner is serving as a regular OR;
· Your partner has left service within the last 5 years
If you would like to take part in the study, you can start by filling in your first diary entry here: www.tinyurl.com/life-q.
Please contact the team on life-q@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions.
