ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2021
War across the life course: examining the impact of exposure to conflict on a comprehensive inventory of health measures in an aging Vietnamese population.
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- Associations of war-related exposures and early life adversity with late-life cognition.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Chronic Pain in Vietnam: Risk, Resilience, and Timing.Journal of health and social behavior · 2026Article
- Cohort profile: the Lebanon Study on Aging and HeAlth (LSAHA).BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Beyond the "European health divide": Functional limitation disparities among older adults in Central and Eastern Europe.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2025Article
- Primary healthcare delivery adaptations in war-induced population displacement.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Observational
- War Trauma and Strength: A Qualitative Study of Participants in the Vietnamese Insights into Cognitive Aging Program.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of stress on pain in females using a mobile health app in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.Npj mental health research · 2024Article
- Incident traumatic experiences and poor financial well-being: A double hit for cognitive decline?Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe majority of evidence indicates that exposure to war and other traumatic events continue to have negative impacts on health across the life course. However, existing research on health effects of war exposure primarily concentrates on short-term impacts among veterans in high-income countries sent elsewhere to battle. Yet, most wars situate in lower- and middle-income countries, where many are now or will soon be entering old age. Consequently, the current burden of exposure to war has ignored an important global population.
methodsThe Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS) is a longitudinal study designed to examine historical exposure to highly stressful events during the American War. Two modes of data collection, involving a sample of 2447 individuals aged 60+ years in northern Vietnam, took place between May and August 2018. Using this first wave of data, we generate indexed measures of war exposure and analyze their associations with a set of 12 health outcomes, accounting for confounding variables.
resultsResults indicate that greater exposure to three types of war exposure (death and injury, stressful living conditions, and fearing death and/or injury) in earlier life is associated with worse health in later-life across a large number of health outcomes, such as number of diagnosed health conditions, mental distress, somatic symptoms, physical functioning, post-traumatic stress symptoms and chronic pain.
conclusionsFindings support a life course theory of health and point to long-term effects of war on health that require detailed attention.
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