“Welcome home”: Exploring the role of campus veteran offices in addressing health concerns among student veterans
<b>Objective:</b> Campus veteran offices aid student veterans in the processing of their education benefits. Many also provide other services and a sense of community for their student veterans. This research explored the role of campus veteran offices in mitigating the effects of community reintegration and food insecurity for student veterans. <b>Participants:</b> The sample included 10 veteran office staff at colleges in Florida. <b>Methods:</b> Campus veteran office staff completed semi-structured interviews which explored the themes of community reintegration and food insecurity. <b>Results:</b> Campus veteran office staff described their current programming and their plans for program expansion. In doing so, a series of best practices were identified as potential areas of improvement for campus veteran offices. <b>Conclusions:</b> Campus veteran offices provide a range of services and are uniquely situated to help student veterans address challenges related to community reintegration and food insecurity.
Authors
- Jacquelyn N. Heuer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0470-8869)
Institutions
- University of South Florida (US)
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of American College Health
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2593307
- Primary Topic
- Education and Military Integration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00