全球智库信息集成服务系统

Abstract

• A new approach to surveying service members and their families places their needs, rather than evaluation of existing programs, at the center of the inquiry.
• In this approach, military personnel and family members identify high-priority problems they face; these are linked to their high-priority needs, which are then linked to resources they have contacted and the effectiveness of those resources.
• A survey instrument embodying this approach was developed with input from service members, spouses, service providers, military leadership, and program managers and was tested on two military bases.
• The new approach is adaptable to other instruments, for other populations, and in other contexts.