FOCUS-CI: A Preventive Intervention With Children and Families of the Combat Injured

Injured service members who have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 18 years who
have sustained a combat injury severe enough to require at least two weeks of inpatient
hospitalization and who are within 6 months of discharge from inpatient hospitalization and
currently receiving outpatient care will be recruited into this study.

Inclusion Criteria:

For a family to be eligible for the study, the injured service member must:

- have sustained a combat injury that was severe enough to require a minimum of two
weeks inpatient hospitalization immediately after the injury;

- currently be participating in outpatient rehabilitation for the same combat injury;

- must be within 6 months of discharge from inpatient hospitalization at the start of
the intervention;

- families must have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 18 and be fluent in
English. English fluency will be determined by asking, "Is English spoken in your
home?"

- pregnant women are eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

- families in which the service member did not sustain a qualifying injury or has been
discharged from inpatient care for more than six months will not be eligible to
participate

- families in which a member is actively psychotic

- families in which a service member's primary relationship is with a "significant
other" who is not eligible for military medical care

- due to the limited ability of young children to comprehend the intervention
activities, children under the age of 5 years will not be invited to participate in
the intervention.

- no one will be excluded based on race, ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, medical status,
or cognitive functioning.